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Seat Cushion Emergency Kit
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Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot down on June 20th, 1943 and rescued on September 28th, 1943, after 101 days in the jungle. Here is the seat cushion emergency kit exactly like the one he landed with in the jungle. It was attached to his parachute and contained the only food or medicine he had until he found an indigenous village. The military base where this image was taken was located near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Robert Doyle was not allowed to publish Post's story at that time. It was finally published in January, 1947, by the Milwaukee Journal. Major Post intended to write his own story, but was killed in a test airplane on August 25th, 1944, before he had the chance.
November 21, 1943
Doyle, Robert J., 1914-1995
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Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot down on June 20th, 1943 and rescued on September 28th, 1943 after 101 days in the jungle. Here he is pictured in a similar plane to his unarme...
Missing Pilot Returns
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