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Show New Army Technique AM 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. com-mand. 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. Abbott, Ab-bott, Norfolk, Va., the unusual rescue res-cue operation is especially valuable because some areas of the woody terrain In Labrador arc so dense that helicopters cannot land. Huskies, sleds and para-dodori Jump from C-47's via the silk chute route and gather together at 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 to reach some crash scenes In the past. |