Green
Hornets in Antarctica 1959-60
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Photo by William M. Nichols, 61st TCS Pilot |
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Sondrestrom AB, Greenland. Dr. Clarence “Clay” DuMais (USN Lieutenant) in red on left and a
Navy photographer covering the airlift operation. Dr. DuMais is in charge of South Pole Station. He spent the Antarctic winter at the
South Pole. A remarkable young
man with a great responsibility.
He made history by performing two successful appendectomies at the South Pole. Dr. DuMais performed the first
major surgery, an appendectomy, on CM3 H. F. Bibbee (12/23/1959) Caption by Bill
Nichols. (Circa 1960) |