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Show New Army Technique Aids Plane Survivors GOOSE BAY, LABRADOR. A new technique for rescuing survivors of plane crashes in the frozen Labrador Labra-dor wastelands by pin-pointing dog-sled dog-sled teams by parachute has been developed by the air transport command. The newly developed operation "dogsled" will save precious hours for plane crash survivors exposed to the bitter cold and possibly suffering suffer-ing from injuries received when their craft plunged earthward. Conceived by Sgt. George E. Ab bott, Norfolk, Va., the unusual rescue res-cue operation is especially valuable because some areas of the woody terrain in Labrador are so dense that helicopters cannot land. Huskies, sleds and para-doctors Jump from C-47's via the silk chute route and gather together at a focal point where the dog teams are assembled. as-sembled. Then the unit proceeds to the scene of the crash where it administers ad-ministers first aid, evacuates the seriously wounded and provides food. The entire procedure lasts only a few minutes, contrasting sharply with the hours and days that it has taken overland rescue teams tc reach some crash scenes in the past |