Two last Air Force comments:

Gene said that pilots have been taught to use their parachute to make a shelter for years. But no pilot has ever used their parachute to make a shelter. I have a survival video of hunters using pieces of parachute to make a shelter and used as a blanket. It must be good stuff.

From interviewing POWs they learned that the men who had a will to survive, survived. The men that did not have something to stay alive for, died. He said is did not seem to make a difference if they were big and strong or small and in poor health.

Gene said if you think you are lost to stop and take a sip of water. He said it helps to clear your mind.