Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-02-15 | Page 1 | Plane Picks up 5 Army Airmen from Icy Idaho Wilderness

Plane Dlane Picks Up 5 Army Airmen From rom Icy Idaho Wilderness BOISE Feb 15 VP Woodsmen P Woodsmen were searching Monday for three of eight army airmen who disappeared disappeared eared in a twin-motored twin bomber January 29 but the other five were sa afe after 16 days in the I Idaho d a h 0 mountain wilderness They were rescued Sunday by P Penn nn civilian pilot w Who h o wice landed his equipped plane on frozen Loon lake near which the th h bomber cracked up spotted the wreckage of ot the he plane and three of the me men while flying supplies to an ISolated isolated Iso- Iso mining town Saturday That night ight and Sunday morning army planes lanes dropped food and supplies Then went after them Rescued were 1 First Lieutenant Robert B B. Orr Tacoma Wash Second Lieuten Lieuten- if flU ant James V. V Kelly Warren Ark r Staff Sergeant Paul G G. G Loewen Tacoma Staff Sergeant Forrest Forrett B B. H Ho Hoover ver Tacoma C Corporal Earl J J. J Beaudry eaudry Portland Ore are Hoover had a broken n kneecap and an arm injury but the rest were U unhurt All were In fri good spirits when they arrived here The three still sUll missing w who ii 0 left the narrow canyon 12 days ego ago on foot seek to help are arc Second Lieutenant B. B Schermer- Schermer Schermerhorn Schermerhorn horn Ausable Chasm N. N Y Staff Sergeant Edward M. M Freeborg SeattIe Seattle Se- Se Se Se- attIc attle Staff Sergeant R. R Pruitt address unknown During the 16 days the men had for food only their chocolate rations rations rations ra ra- ra- ra and a broth made from woodpeckers and ground squirrels which we were able abe t to shoot Lieutenant Kelly said Y t III