Antarctic Mercy Flight
Sir, —In his admiration for the recent recovery of a sick man from Antarctica, I think your correspondent, Trevor W. Stringer, was rather unjust in his implied criticism of Government assistance in similar cases. On many occasions R.N.Z.A.F. planes have made flights of great length to aid the sick or to heTp bring parents of seriously-ill servicemen to their bedsides, and other • errands of mercy. The ill man at Antarctica was the direct responsibility of the United States authorities. A missing yacht is not the direct responsibility of our
Government, yet much money and even lives have been expended in searches for yachts, trampers, and climbers.—Yours, etc., COSMOSIAN. June 9. 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31082, 10 June 1966, Page 10
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