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To: BenLurkin

Remembering that first episode of Band of Brothers, I wonder how many troopers they lost to injuries in the many practice jumps they made before the Normandy landings?


3 posted on 03/17/2023 11:21:55 AM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: Retain Mike

Unfortunately good military training always has a level of injuries. If it doesn’t it’s worthless.


10 posted on 03/17/2023 11:32:23 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Retain Mike

“” I wonder how many troopers they lost to injuries in the many practice jumps they made before the Normandy landings?”’

Probably a significant number, the old T-4 and T-5 chutes were supposedly much rougher than the T-10, which was still a little rough, especially with a lot of weight underneath it.


20 posted on 03/17/2023 1:21:11 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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