Americans Find Two More

Crashed Planes in NG

Sergeant Robert T. Smith, Of The

United States Graves Service, re turned to Lae, New Guinea, recently after spending three months in the moun tains and jungles of the Huon Peninsula, seeking the remains of American airmen who might have been lost in crashed planes. He found two wrecks, and thus recovered (for transportation and burial in the United States) the bodies of 10 American airmen. It was tough going, and the sergeant had a spell in Lae Hos pital on his return, recovering from what he describes as “various forms of dogs’ diseases.”

In October, Sandy Creek Sluicing Ltd., New Guinea, recovered 74 oz, of gold from 5,040 cubic yards of wash.