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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. 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 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 to reach some crash scenes in the past |