Evidence of A Rescue That Failed -- Several of the 11 Air Force men stranded on the Greenland icecap stand by the glider in which an attempt to rescue them was made by a C-54 making a "snatch" pickup of the glider tow rope. Attempt failed when glider plowed into deep snow causing tow rope to break. Further attempts to rescue men have hindered by stormy weather. December 23, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).