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STANFORD UNiVERSITY  \n!  \nE  \n.31  \nFM 21-76  \n021-26  \nHEADQUARTERS,  \nDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY  \nWASHINGTON 25,D.C.,25 October 1957  \nSURVIVAL  \nParagraphs Page  \n## CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION\n\nSection I. General …………………………………………………………………………………1,23,4  \nII. Individual and group surviva……………………………………3-64  \nIII. Health and first aid……………………………………………………………………7-913  \n## CHAPTER 2. ORIENTATION AND TRAVELING\n\nSection I. Navigation ………………………………………………………………………………10-1319  \nII. Selecting your route on the ground………………………14-2225  \n## CHAPTER 3. WATER\n\nSection I. General considerations …………………………………………………………23-2547  \nII. Finding water ………………………………………………………………………………26-3148  \n## CHAPTER 4. FOOD\n\nSection I. General considerations …………………………………………………………………3262  \nII. Vegetable foods ………………………………………………………………………3-3562  \nIII. Animal foods …………………………………………………………………………………………36-40122  \n## CHAPTER 5. FIREMAKING AND COOKING\n\nSection I. Firemaking ……………………………………………………………………………41-45149  \nII. Cooking wild foo………………………………………………………………………46-50158  \nCHAPTER 6. SURVIVAL IN SPECIAL AREAS  \nSection I. General consideration …………………………………………………………………51,52169  \nII. Cold weather areas…………………………………………………………………53-62170  \nIII. In jungle and tropical areas………………………………………………63-71209  \nIV. In desert areas…………………………………………………………72-80222  \nV. At sea ……………………………………………………………………………………………………81-89222  \nCHAPTER 7. HAZARDS TO SURVIVAL………………………………………90-852M  \nAPPENDIX REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………………277  \nINDEX……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………278  \n(  \nFH21-7√+1959mio.400722A!417333  \n## CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION\n\nSection I.GENERAL  \n## 1.Purpose and Scope\n\na.Modern combat increases the likelihood of your becomingisolated and having to find water,food,and shelter for manydays—even weeks—while making it back to friendly forces.Small units fighting in widely dispersed formations or on specialmissions forward of friendly lines are more likely to be cut offthan ever before.Large units traveling great distances by airand sea make survival in remote and desolate areas a real pos-sibility for you.The ability to evade the enemy and to escape ifcaptured,both basic requirements of the soldier's Code of Con-duct,demands every survival skill you can master.The chancesof being exposed to such an emergency are always present,es-pecially when traveling,so survival techniques should be a partof your basic soldiering skills.  \nb.This manual has been written to help you acquire theseskills.It tells how to travel,find water and food,shelter your-self from the weather,and care for yourself if you become sick orinjured.This information is first treated generally and then ap-plied specifically to such special areas as the Arctic,the desert,the jungle,and on the ocean.  \nc.Individual skills such as map reading,using a compass orother directional guides,scouting and patrolling,camouflage,first aid,sanitation,personal hygiene,and night vision provide agood foundation on which to build further survival skills.Youshould have a good general knowledge of them already,sothey are repeated in this manual only as they apply to survivalspecifically.  \nd.You can remain alive anywhere in the world when you keepyour wits.This is a major lesson in survival.Remember thatnature and the elements are neither your friend nor your enemy—they are actually disinterested.Instead,it is your determina-  \ntion to live and your ability to make nature work for you thatare the deciding factors.  \n## 2.Field Skills\n\nA knowledge of field skills,including woodcraft,firemaking,food and water sources,shelter devices,and navigational tech-niques is necessary for survival.A basic knowledge of woodcraft,for example,prevents wasting valuable time fishing with a hookwhen a spear","cbCaiqNclaT63yVK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqNclaT63yVK","pdf",18183754,314,"English","# CHAPTER 1. 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