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Joint U.S. and Ecuador search team on river Item Info
- Title:
- Joint U.S. and Ecuador search team on river
- Date Created:
- 1956-01-13
- Description:
- Team of Ecuadorian soldiers, Quichua Indians, and missionaries conduct ground search for missionaries by canoe down Curaray River. Original USCARIB Central caption reads: "Ground party personnel, consisting of Ecuadorian soldiers, American missionaries, and friendly Indians, search along the banks of the Curaray River in the upper Amazon basin of Ecuador for the bodies of the five American missionaries murdered by savage Auca Indians. Four of the bodies were subsequently recovered and buried in a common grave beneath the tree house they had constructed alongside the sandy beach where they were murdered."
- Subjects:
- Search and rescue operations United States. Army, Caribbean
- Location:
- Curaray River, Ecuador
- Source:
- Photo Album: Liefeld, Olive II, Collection 701: Olive Fleming Liefeld Collection, Wheaton Archives & Special Collections.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Joint U.S. and Ecuador search team on river", To Carry the Light Further, Wheaton Archives and Special Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://exhibits.archives.wheaton.edu/to-carry-the-light-further/items/obj_0009.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In Copyright. For more information, please contact Wheaton Archives & Special Collections at archives@wheaton.edu.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/