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re: Normandy vet sings "Blood on the Risers/Paratrooper thread. Any jumpers?
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:07 pm to scrooster
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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Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:37 am to jcaz
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Ever since watching Band of Brothers as a kid I have always been obsessed with the paratroopers.
When I was in, I knew a guy in another unit. He was from the Netherlands. He grew up listening to his grandparents and other older folks talking about the paratroopers that landed and how brave and tough they were.
This made such an impression on this guy he immigrated to the US for the sole purpose of becoming an airborne infantryman like the guys he'd heard stories about.
Prior to doing thus, He got a masters degree in physics while in the Netherlands. He was just a super smart guy. He was a good soldier and a really nice guy. He was a bit out of place with the rest of the idiots.
He did 3 or 4 years as a grunt and left to become an officer and fly hero's. I always respected that guy. Talk about following your dreams...
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