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Marines earn Jump Wings - Airborne Sir!
2 posted on
08/25/2005 4:11:48 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Side Note on the 240 foot tower at Ft. Benning, It was originally built as a ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair. It was moved to Benning early in WWII. Or so I was told when I was there in the early '60s.
3 posted on
08/25/2005 4:18:35 PM PDT by
AntiBurr
("Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam " with apologies to Cato)
To: SandRat
Ah, but those are the Army wings.
As good Marines they should get a few Marine jumps in so they can get their Marine wings.
AIRBORNE - the only way to get to work early in the morning.
4 posted on
08/25/2005 4:22:13 PM PDT by
PeteB570
To: SandRat
Don't look at the ground, look at the horizon.
We used to practice landing falls by jumping off the trunks of moving cars. That was BEFORE I was a Marine, just a silly teenager.
7 posted on
08/25/2005 4:35:34 PM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: SandRat
Repeat after me.
"Gravity is your friend"
"Don't defy the laws of gravity"
:))
10 posted on
08/25/2005 4:45:16 PM PDT by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: SandRat
16 posted on
08/26/2005 3:08:25 AM PDT by
E.G.C.
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