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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Operation Eagle Claw (4/24/1980) - Apr. 24th, 2003
http://www.afa.org/magazine/jan1999/0199desertone_print.html ^ | Otto Kreisher

Posted on 04/24/2003 6:21:28 AM PDT by SAMWolf

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To: AntiJen
bump!
141 posted on 04/25/2003 12:23:25 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: mbynack
ah...the C141...took a trip across country on one, twice, had to go back.

what a sense of discomfort! And I was told the C-130 was worse!
142 posted on 04/25/2003 2:43:09 PM PDT by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon
Nice pix , Jim.

Thanks for serving our country.

143 posted on 04/25/2003 4:38:01 PM PDT by n.y.muggs
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To: RaceBannon
It took 18 hours to fly in a C-130 from Rhein Main AB GE to Hurlbert Field Florida with a stop in Lajes. We sat on canvas benches and had a truck in the cargo bay so we couldn't stretch out our legs.

That said, it beat sleeping in the mud.

144 posted on 04/29/2003 7:06:16 AM PDT by mbynack
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