[ARC5] A Letter from the pCAF

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On 4/26/05, Greg Werstiuk <greg_werstiuk at msn.com> wrote:
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> ....
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> > There was one survivor found from the crash (oddly enough,
> > found by the local Boy Scout troop after spending a cold
> > night on the mountain). He lost both legs, but was still
> > alive the last I knew.
> 
> >From the The Colorado Lawyer, February 2001, Vol. 30, No. 2 [Page 84]:
> 
> James W. Wilson , a Denver lawyer for thirty-five years, passed away on
> December 30, 2000. He was 75. Wilson grew up in south Georgia and north
> Florida. In October 1944, when he was 19 years old, Wilson was aboard an
> Army B-24 Liberator bomber that crashed on Camel's Hump mountain in northern
> Vermont. The entire crew, except Wilson, was killed. Wilson suffered severe
> frostbite on his hands and feet while he waited forty-one hours to be
> rescued. As a result of the frostbite, both hands and both feet were
> amputated. He was ultimately fitted with hooks and artificial legs. Wilson
> enrolled at the University of Florida, where he earned a bachelors degree.

Thank you for that update, Greg - IIRC, he was at the dedication in
'89, along with some of the scouts who found him. Truly an amazing
story, a tiny piece of which still remains on a mountainside here in
Vermont.

I'm feeling that tugging feeling again, to make another trip up there
for a lookaround and some reflection.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ