BOOKs: Title: "Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and Survival" by David A Kearns. "It concerns a PBM Mariner assigned to the USS Pine Island (AV-12), and subsequent crash. The author is the son of the pilot. A documentry Navy movie entitled "Operation Highjump - A Secret Land" is available through Military video.com.....that documents PBM ops in Antartica and the crash as well. Respectfully, Paul Jarvis vaq134@cox.net." [19FEB2006]

"USS Pine Island (AV 12) Summary Page"

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