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To: LindyBill who wrote (22059)	12/29/2003 8:53:59 PM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793697

Good for him. Completing jump school is a huge accomplishment for anyone. I was an instructor on the Tower Committee (2nd week of jump school) most of 1968. Late in the year, the new Committee supply sergeant arrived with a double hook prosthesis for one arm. He made all of his jumps with no problem. He had his arm shot off on hill 875 in November 1967. He was very proud of his 173rd Airborne Brigade right shoulder combat patch. I also know a captain who lost a leg just below the hip. He stayed in and went on to become a Golden Knight and earned several parachuting world records. I have seen him jog off drop zones carrying his chutes with ease. I have a combat related prosthesis myself...I'll spare you the details. I doubt any of these men consider themselves extraordinary. More likely they consider themselves lucky to be doing what they love to do. We are lucky to have them in our armed forces.