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re: Normandy vet sings "Blood on the Risers/Paratrooper thread. Any jumpers?
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:54 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:54 pm to fr33manator
I spent my entire career in various Airborne Regiments.
Stewart
Bragg
Stewart
Bragg
Vicenza
Stewart
Stewart
Louis
Vicenza
Bragg
Bragg
Bragg
Bragg
I had my Master Wings before most around here were born.
We still wore count caps with glider patches (just like that Gentleman, which meant he had to be 2nd Brigade) when I got to Bragg in the 70s, but yeah, I'm #AATW and then some, to my very core.
First Beret I wore was black, when it meant something before every leg was handed one.
Black, the count cap, then black again then count cap the Maroon, then black again then bad injury then maroon the rest of the way.
ETA: it's pronounced qunt cap with glider patch for a reason. Not count cap.
Stewart
Bragg
Stewart
Bragg
Vicenza
Stewart
Stewart
Louis
Vicenza
Bragg
Bragg
Bragg
Bragg
I had my Master Wings before most around here were born.
We still wore count caps with glider patches (just like that Gentleman, which meant he had to be 2nd Brigade) when I got to Bragg in the 70s, but yeah, I'm #AATW and then some, to my very core.
First Beret I wore was black, when it meant something before every leg was handed one.
Black, the count cap, then black again then count cap the Maroon, then black again then bad injury then maroon the rest of the way.
ETA: it's pronounced qunt cap with glider patch for a reason. Not count cap.
This post was edited on 5/5/24 at 8:56 pm
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Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:02 pm to scrooster
quote:
Vicenza
Caserma ain't half bad.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:02 pm to scrooster
If you don't mind me asking, what was the experience like?
I'm working on something and I just find it fascinating.
I'm working on something and I just find it fascinating.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:07 pm to scrooster
Ever since watching Band of Brothers as a kid I have always been obsessed with the paratroopers. Great Grandpa was a bazookaman who landed on Omaha in the first wave. He didn’t talk much about it but grandma told me he was the only guy in his squad/platoon that survived.
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