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the ABCs of deep northern survival and one fine snowy day found himself standing at attention before a hard-bitten major that is McWilliams captain Martin tell you anything about this no sir he just said to get over here on the double so I got well from your record it appears that you take to this kind of duty I like it fine sir you've never been on skis or snowshoes before you came here no sir I'd never seen snow neither all my life I've been wanting to see some snow well seems like you've got your wish in a big way tell me McWilliams did you become a medic by preference I most surely did sir my papi always used to say I had the gift of the heel in hand well I've got a job for you as rugged as they come I don't mind telling you we've only got top men on it sounds real interesting sir come over here this is the territory you'll be going to base headquarters is located here in the valley see and your post is up here on top of this mountain from what I gathered the accommodations are not exactly palatial it was begun last summer now that winter is closed in all building has ceased you'll be the only medic there'll be no doctor unless there's an emergency then you can have one flown in you'll have 24 men to look after in between times you'll be doing guard duty anything else it comes up how's the sound to you my major sounds like I'm gonna find out what it's like to be a polar bear I wouldn't doubt it now as you know the outpost perched on a mountain top overlooked a vast corrugated sea of quite it was no more than a small cluster of tents and odd-shaped buildings huddled close together against the Arctic winds but amidst the cluster were groups strange-looking radar nets patiently fishing the sub-zero air and revealing the outposts purpose one of many it was a small but vital link in the defense system of the Alaskan command here's that report lieutenant oh thanks sergeant you got a brand new medic fixed up yes sir don't sound so sad so I he's green sir awful green to be up here just out of indoctrination look he wouldn't have been assigned to us if he didn't know his stuff the only thing he's green to is this weather and he seems to like it you'd hardly figure a man who had lived where it was so hot all his life would want to live where it was so cold especially with the name Lucifer Lucifer son of the morning yes sir all six foot three of them hey come on close the door that glass of door can't you ever come in the right door Lee boy a little fresh airs best thing in the world for you all sides the winds just as tunnel strong around the other side Lucifer you learn any more Eskimo talk well I'm picking it up a might at a time but you know Dan that is the most peculiar way of talking I ever did here yeah I sometimes wonder how they mess the most got to know it themselves my papi told me once about an old Indian used to live a way back in the bayou you mind if I ask you a question huh why why sure sure you go right ahead Dan Lucifer where'd you get the name Lucifer well when I was born my papi took one look at me and said I don't know what he is but he sure enough looks like the devil naturally after that there wasn't anything my mom could do but call me Lucifer yeah it's kind of a nice name don't you all good morning sir I think it's going well going just fine lieutenant this living up high in the cold must be right good medicine hasn't been a sneeze around here and I don't know when my papi always used to say there wasn't no place more life preserving than the deep bayous but I got him one beat I'm glad to hear it you like it up here I most certainly do sir I must have some icicle in me somewhere but where I got it I don't rightly know well come spring we'll be enlarging the post you'll have a chat mark just picked up an SOS playing down somewhere north of here they couldn't get it up on scope before it hit come on marks now we're trying to get a fixer they're still sending it's awful weak and tough to locate hi coming Lee I don't know yet have they identified themselves civilian planes are four men aboard what kind of shape are they in I don't know signals very weak getting weaker we don't get a fix it won't matter what kind of shape they're in very luckily I'm so blasted fate I'm gonna pick it up they didn't know their own location I weren't sure sir got lost in the storm we didn't pick up their call until just before they hit no chance to get them on the scope I can't hear them anymore Dan did you get a fix great I got one sir but I wouldn't bet on its accuracy could be way off let's have a look somewhere right in here I make it out certainly picked himself some rough country to go down it about 50 miles northeast through the air sir yeah I know how far off could you be on this thing I had to say maybe as much as 25 miles it's awful tricky to try and nail down a signal like that sir but if anyone could do it Lieutenant he could all right you two stay on it maybe you'll be able to pick them up again keep trying come on sergeant we've got to get a call through to the main base sit down man this is the pitch there's no telling how much longer this storm will last that means air rescue is out until it's over we happen to be closer to the wreck than any other post and the only possible rescue will have to be made on foot with dog teams now I've gotten permission to make a try but it's strictly a volunteer detail it'll be a five-man party with an Eskimo scout as guide I'm leading the party and sergeant Stuart will be in charge of the post while I'm gone well I need three more of you to go along with me go ahead but we'll just make a snappy there's four fellas down out there somewhere and to be sure they must be banged up some now if you had a doctor here he'd be going along with you but you don't none the next best thing to it and I rightly think I should get the pleasure of going I can break trail with the best of them and I'm no slouch on skis or snowshoes I can even talk some Eskimo how much as good as our Eskimo guy can speak English I'll bet maybe not quite sir but the point is you've got 20 men here that you're responsible for every one of them fit and fine you ever set a broken bone lieutenant you know what to do for fellow if he's busted up inside or in deep shock if we find them fellas they're gonna need the best we got when it comes to patching them up I'm the best you got not meaning anything disrespectful but Williams you missed your calling you should have been a lawyer what do you think so I didn't a point sir I can take care of things here all right look Williams you won your case make sense get yourself ready on the double listen to that bird I think he was going on a picnic this is one picnic a polar bear would turn down what you want you to go for them I'm not a polar bear me there my stop your grown in and get that stuff ready hey Lucifer how you coming yeah one we can take turns making ourselves why didn't you know son that I'm the best little old trail breaker from here to Louisiana you guys cut the game come on March you'll be responsible for the radio equipment it's to be packed here on the number two sled McWilliams your supplies will be packed there to hold another equipment will be evenly divided between both sleds now gather on this map according to the guide our best bet is to cut down this ravine till we hit the river and then follow it to here across at this point and head northeasterly the going shouldn't be too rough until we hit the foothills here we're going out in the worst possible weather on the worst possible kind of trip we've got about a 50 to one shot that we'll find what we're looking for survival depends on knowledge and coolness and courage and somewhere in it is a wrecked plane and poor men waking hoping pray Bob you think anyone heard our call Bob you think somebody hurt us Bob they could easily sure take it easy they hurt us sit here and wait that's all wait Bob I can't wait long I tell you I can't an inching along the frozen waste five men heads bowed to the lash of the storm searching searching we found a good place to make camp cave how far just a short piece sir the wind is picking up again as a cave empty yes dogs fine lieutenant get sleep ready to mush what are you looking so sad about green how can we ever find them in time sir what do you suggest that I don't suggest anything sir except that we keep going well then stop feeling so sad about it we've covered 10 miles that's 10 miles to the good that's 10 miles closer to rescue maybe lieutenant but I'm not betting on the position that's the chance we take all we can do is take it and hope that we're right it's possible this storm will blow itself out tonight but does the planes that go out and find them cooking up my my all the comforts are home Lucifer fixed the covering let's keep the wind out where it belongs I beg your humble pardon sir I remember one time I'm a quick williams well lieutenant I didn't want to go too far and that wind out there didn't want me to go anywhere's at all and my papa used to say yes sir appears like there's a draw running down all the way to the river shouldn't be hard to get down through it you go as far as the river I got down to it but I didn't go on across all set lieutenant good give them a call Baker 05 Baker 05 easy 3 calling easy 3 calling go ahead Baker 05 over okay lieutenant this little tenant bond we're holed up in a cave just above the river estimate our position approximately 10 miles northeast of you request latest weather info over to you Baker 05 notify headquarters party in a one shape moving out at 0400 hours we'll call you at 1800 hours if unable to make contact by voice we'll use key over thanks Baker 05 odd now let's get some chow and hit the sack we've got a rough road ahead we are listening to the proudly we hail production Lucifer heads north we'll return in just a moment for the second act a man with money to invest doesn't splurge it wildly on the 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two take only a certain amount of carefulness but when you're breaking trail when you're fighting your way through blinding snow you not only get overheated you become exhausted and then every bitter step of the way becomes a battle all right we'll take a break your sledge no shelter here let's squat down here by the sleds get our wind and then go on I'm gonna make camp here please get your pocket tightened up you take care of your clothes I'll take care of mine son you do as I'm saying or I'll do it for you green doors he says you know better than that keep your clothes tight when you're not moving Joe Mike what do you think not so good lieutenant dogs they don't stop soon for good rest them and me both gather around while I get out the map any change in the terrain ahead with Williams I don't reckon this is where we were this morning once we get in the lee of these mountains that should give us some relief and I do declare I must have some eskimo in me somewhere don't worry about your ancestry lady my papi always said I was part bird dog when I should go ahead lieutenant now you broke and trail more than your share green and I'll go ahead I want to keep in visual contact at all times I don't want anyone getting lost and one thing to remember that might help if you think that we've got it rough think of how those guys at the wreck must be wind seems to have died some where's Phil and John getting more wood waste of time I just as well all the way down and go to sleep sleep from cut that kind of talk show we're all still alive aren't we after how long you saw my leg pretty ain't it how much food left Bob no one will find us here except wolves shut up sure I got more faith in you ain't faith it's fact I got facts been laying here for how long I've been laying here you got the facts and look at you with your arm all busted up and look at me what dead in the lion no and all this earth ever if you want to give up you go on right ahead if you don't want to stay alive go crawl out there in the snow I won't stop you but I want to live all right well then stop belly aching stop belly aching about dying do a little praying about living here you're a real one Bob you're Jim dandy I'm not giving up not right to the end which ain't far off well I'll make it as far as I can I'll knock it off and try to sleep you need your strength lieutenant yeah what is it Mac what have you got in mind fellas we're looking for somewhere on the other side of the mountain if green's fix was accurate either way quicker we find out the better troll you hear that Bob windshifted it's gonna clear soon then you and Phil and John can strike out don't talk nonsense none of us could walk 10 feet when the woods gone this time that'll be the end I was not going yet regular bulldog ain't you Bob well I can breathe I can hope I don't rightly think that snow feels very friendly to us hadn't been for you Mac we'd have lost a second sled I think I had some help lieutenant my papi always said it's the help you can't see that counts the I'll buy that dogs all right too much okay lieutenant ready too much let's keep going according to greens fix the wreck should be somewhere ahead in the valley undoubtedly it's been covered with snow and there's no telling how long we'd search before we could find it storm about over yeah let's not waste time playing weatherman we'll move through the valley I'll fire my gun every so often there are hunters they'll answer it if they're there sure sure yeah I heard something Phil John wake up done for I tell you I heard something wake up you guys come on you can't quit now I didn't hear nothing nothing to hear I can see where the valley ends down there all right we'll keep moving and shooting till we reach the end see anything too much nothing sir give it another try hey was I hearing things from somewhere up trees I can see smoke come on let's move on you'd come I knew you'd come I kept telling him I kept telling sure sure sure wake up no no you just you just rest easy mr everything's gonna be how many grits from here on in lieutenant soon as we get the fire hot enough we'll rig a tub out of this top a tub three of them are suffering from mostly shock and exposure best treatment is to get him into the hottest water they can stand what about him this fella's got a broken arm not too bad put a splint on it about the one called sure he's bad lieutenant leg all tore up full of pieces of metal gonna give him plasma pulses mighty weak you're the doctor here Mac you tell us whatever you want us to do I'm gonna try and get a call through the home plate holler when you need me you better sit down take it easy sir you're fair tuck it out what about yourself well it's funny thing about me sir I just don't tucker come in Baker 05 come in Baker 05 this is easy three calling Baker 05 easy 3 calling Baker 05 it takes a good man like Marx to make this thing click all we can hope is they're receiving us even though we're not receiving them clear sky lieutenant planes come soon sure hope they get to us didn't apply as my help I'm gonna give him more right away it's his leg lieutenant those pieces of metal should come out could you take them out Mac I'm no doc lieutenant just a medic never mind that could you do the job I think so sir I need your help you'll also need his permission you got it soldier boy you go right ahead and do what you think best okay let's go with the aid of a camp light a tall Mikey stone-faced medic goes definitely to work the lieutenant who holds the light watches the hands of the man move quickly and surely only the sound of heavy breathing fills the tent outside the stars gleam weakly in the cold darkness a wolf cries a man sighs another cough but for the rest it's silence as PFC Lucifer McWilliams does what he can to save a life the odd stacked heavily against him and later when it's done and there's nothing left but to wait through the long night hours the call keeps going out over and over this is easy three easy three have located downed plain in position established by fix request immediate air rescue request immediate air rescue this is easy three we can't wait any longer lieutenant guide says it'll be snowing in another hour I know but can he last through the trip back I don't know sir but I know he won't last long here even if they didn't get our message you think they'd be out looking we'll start getting things ready lieutenant my pappy always used what's mine well I don't believe that this is the place for mosquitoes but I could swear I hear one look look they're coming over the hill well I do declare two of the prettiest looking helicopters I ever did see hey you fellas you hear that you're getting out of here fast what do you think of that Bob as you all go I always told you we'd get out of here so you did so you did hey son you come here what can I do for you all what's your name son Lucifer Mack Williams private first class your first class of my book boy hey what you say that name was again Lucifer Mack Williams Lucifer hey hey you hear that Bob hey John Bill here with this boy's name is Lucifer you may be Lucifer to everyone else on this earth you'll always be Gabriel to me what your interest is it radio photography motor mechanics metalwork if you'd like to learn a highly skilled well-paid trade like pharmacy watch repairs photography motor mechanics or electronics there's no better place to learn than in the United States Army the Army offers training in dozens of highly specialized jobs jobs it will pay you well for the rest of your life many veterans have already used their army training and experience to build profitable careers for themselves out of the skills the Army taught them you can do the same visit your local United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station today talk it over and find out what's in it for you when you serve your country as an American soldier this has been another program on proudly we 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