904 - Grand Canyon Rescue (1944) with Howard Pyle, 29 Jun, 1944, Transcript: No and Digitized: Yes

 

National Broadcast Company's (NBC) "in progress" radio news program regarding the rescue efforts of WWII Army airmen Maurice Cruickshank, Charles Goldblum and Roy Embank who each parachuted out of their malfunctioning airplane bomber, while flying over the Grand Canyon during a night time training flight on June 29, 1944.  These three men ended up in the Grand Canyon, which prompted a search and rescue operation.

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