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i filmed this enjoy. the black screens are because youtube can't handle fast movement at 120Frames Per Second

When was that, reminds me of the 71-72 NATO manuvers in Germany... froze my ass off sitting in a APC for a week that winter...

And though I can't say I was in the 82nd, 101st, or the 173rd, not all Airborne troops were in said Divisions.

I was in A Co., 12th Combat Engineers, 1st Brigade, 8th Infantry Division which was Airborne Mecanized Infantry.


Phil

Great video! Thanks!

I've seen seagulls do that

Seriously, that's impressive. What's the total complement of the Brigade? Getting that many guys down that quick is quite a trick.

"Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight."
Major General James M. Gavin, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division

"American Parachutists...devils in baggy pants...are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next. Seems like the black-hearted devils are everywhere..."
(An entry in a German officer's diary found after the Battle of Anzio)

The Herd!!!

Here are a few shots from a jump into Normandy on June 6, 2007.

the jumped on 10 feb into 20F and 13 knot winds.

I am surprised at the large size of the drop zone.

Back in the early 70's the majority of our DZ's were Rubarb fields surounded by grape vinyards, break an ankle on a Rubarb or get skewerd on a grape stake, just all kinds of fun! Best part was they were low leval and at night to where you couldn't see them till it was too late. No see, No worry!


Phil

A kid, man now, I went to school and played baseball with (his father was our coach, best coach I ever had, RIP coach O!), made the combat jump into Iraq with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the 2003 invasion. I believe they were stationed in Italy.

NYH1!