Another Icelandic Rescue: Mrs. Anne Marie Nielson

One of the other (few) stories I heard of my grandfather usually came in conjunction with the rescue of Airmen Mangone (previous entry), although the details were few and often seemed to be told with a bit of hesitation.

Last evening I came upon a document that seems to support and shed a bit more light on this story.  So here I will relay what I've heard along with what little light is shed in this document.

The story takes place sometime in early 1961, although the exact date is still a bit of a mystery.  At the time, Major Austin Simmons was in command of the H-1 base in Iceland, 932nd ACWRON.  A distress call came from Mestersvig, Greenland which was approximately 550 nautical miles due north of his location.  The call was an emergency with a response required immediately and again Major Simmons personally took command of the mission. 
Mary had always said that the woman in trouble, Mrs. Anne Marie Nielson, went into labor with a tubal pregnancy and her life was in jeopardy.  Thus the urgency of the mission. 
The call came in at 2130 hours and apparently during preparations for departure the crew discovered a problem with the radio, something that was urgently needed and required for a mission anywhere north of H-1 as there was only radio beacon available as an aide.  By 2300 they had the radio repaired and were on their way north to the woman in trouble. 
The trip took them up to King Oscars Fjord which required them to land on a snow covered field to pick up the critically ill woman.  According to the commendation issued by Col Benjamin G. Willis on April 25, 1961 they accomplished the mission delivering the patient to Keflavik Airport in record time, saving her life.