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To: LindyBill who wrote (42637)	5/7/2004 12:44:29 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793755

And the guy from Zwick parachute taught you to jump in 1940, right? Not quite. But I know where a really old fart like you is coming from. LOL I attended jump school at FT Benning in July and August 1962. My certificate (i still have it) says I graduated on 10 August 1962. I remember the recommendations...Corcorans have a steel shank to protect the foot and a beveled heel to prevent getting hung on power lines and tree banches (that was innovative at the time). Most important. they took a spit shine like a mirror so even non-parachutists sometimes wore them. militarygifts.com I later learned they were terrible in the jungle because they never dried out. The GI nylon sided jungle boot with nylon liner and no socks was what I wore in warm weather. The foot callouses got to be a 1/4 inch thick. I recall peeling them off in strips after a month or so in the hospital in Japan. The lined German Fallschirmjager (parachutist) boot was what I wore in cold weather. Now I wear hiking boots or sandals. uw