Air Force Manual AFM 64-5: Emergency Rescue: Survival; 27 November 1961 [on cover]
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962. This manual supersedes AFM 4-5, December 1952. Presumed first printing thus. Wraps. [2], ii, 160, [2] pages. Wraps. Map. Illustrations (some color). Figures. Tables. Page i states 1 February 1962 as the issue date. Covers somewhat soiled/faded. The purpose of this manual is to aid and insure airman survival and rescue regardless of geographic location or climatic condition. The manual instructs what to do, and when, where, and how to do it, whether the survival situation be in the Arctic, desert, or tropics--on land, sea, or ice. It recognizes the immediate and probable future problems and attempts to aid the airman in solving them. It describes the proper use of the equipment in the survival kit, and just as important, it will aid the airman in recognizing and using natural resources at hand. This information, plus the airman's will and desire to live, are necessary to insure survival. One manual was issued per survival kit. More