Leon Crane's Alaskan Survival

Leon Crane's Alaskan Survival

In December 1943, Leon Crane, co-piloting a B-24, survived a crash into an Alaskan mountaintop due to engine failure. As the sole survivor of the five crew members, he endured 84 days in the wilderness with only matches, a Boy Scout knife, and his parachute.

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