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To: Clappy who wrote (16590)	9/10/2001 3:23:47 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Respond to of 22706

threads where you gentlemen post. You obviously haven't been reading this thread if you still refer to the participants as "gentlemen"!

To: Clappy who wrote (16590)	9/10/2001 5:42:08 PM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 22706

yes i saw the show last night. yes i was airborne but in SF not in the 82nd or 101st. i agree those guys were superheroes. paratroopers were a new thing to the US Army in WWII. in fact the 61st birthday of our airborne was just a few weeks ago. jumping behind enemy lines had never been done and the old T-7 parachutes they used were neither the most reliable nor the most landing friendly. many of the WWII jumps were made from 500 feet...there is no margin for error...reserve parachutes are not necessary as they could never be deployed in time to help. i have known 4 men who made the D-Day jumps...all have passed on now. we are currently losing WWII vets at the rate of 1,000 per day. they will be sorely missed. i was one of 2 paratroopers honored at Eindhofen Holland in 1970. the townspeople just wanted to shower some affection on American soldiers. it was a very special day for me. yet i knew that they were just using me as a replacement for the WWII paratroopers who liberated the town. i believe it was the 101st that was first into Eindhofen and i will be curious to see if the story is told in the mini-series.