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ReportEntry/Object ID
2009.4.6Description
Six page typewritten report titled, "Report of Rescue and Salvage trip as authorized in Paragraph 1 S.O. 138, as amended by S.O. 139, Headquarters Air Base, March Field, California." It was dated 08/10/1942 and sent to the Commanding Officer, Air Base, March Field, California from William C. Evans, Major, Air Corps, Commanding Detachment.
"Doctor Norman Clyde, hired as guide, is considered to be the finest Sierran and snow climber in the eastern Sierras. His handling of the men and the instructions given by him to them both on the trail and in camp at night was excellent. It was he who found the ship on May 5, and it was he who found the bodies of Colonels Bundy and Ricker almost at the top of Birch Mountain, when no other man would have ventured up there due to the still frozen condition of the snow. His skill made it possible to get the bodies out without undue delay. It is the opinion of the undersigned that Dr. Clyde could well be hired by the army to prepare men for just such emergency work so that future crashes could be tended in this sort of terrain by experienced men so as to achieve successful rescue with a minimum of personnel and expenditure."Collection
Norman Milleron Collection
