Downed Pilot Survives Crash and Cannibals

Have you ever watched an Indiana Jones movie and said to yourself, “There is no way anyone could survive that!?” Well guess what…you’re wrong. Watch the movie “Injury Slight…Please Advise,” and you’ll see exactly what I mean.

COL Charles Sullivan “Sully” had no movie magic to help him navigate when his plane crashed into the New Guinea jungle behind Japanese lines in September of 1943 during WWII. Sully managed to survive the crash and survive the harsh jungle conditions for 30 days before finding an Allied Australian troop encampment. During his thirty-day jungle adventure, he encountered hostile natives whose initial welcome quickly turned into frustration and suspicion, causing Sully to flee for his life. Searching for Allied help and scrounging for food and shelter; Sully’s fortitude and grit and pure determination to return to his young bride kept him alive during those harsh, grueling thirty days. Being rescued should have been the end of Sully’s adventures however, even more calamities occur, from which Col Sullivan emerges with humor, dignity and with the spirit of a true American hero.

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You will love this thrilling, edge of your seat film which was directed by Josh Baxter of Arion Pictures. Josh graduated from University of Memphis in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Sullivan retired as a Colonel in 1968 after twenty-eight years of military service. Almost fifty years to the day of his crash – in September 1993 – Sully’s P-38 Lightning was discovered in the New Guinea jungle, where it rests to this day.

Col Sullivan and the film’s director Josh Baxter will participate in a question and answer session following the World Premiere screening of Injury Slight…Please Advise at the GI Film Festival 13-17 May, in Washington DC.

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