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To: Flavius Josephus
Good afternoon.

Helicopters changed everything. Air cavalry and Air Assault; it's a brave new world for infantrymen, isn't it.

Michael Frazier
655 posted on 03/16/2006 3:22:06 PM PST by brazzaville (no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
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To: brazzaville

I meant to qualify what I said about jumping. Jumping out of a helo and shinnying down a thin metal cable while several stories up in the air is rather awe inspiring also. Besides, I bet the 10-first fellas got to get their Airborne Wings just like everybody else.

C-130 rolling down the strip
Airborne daddy on a one way trip
Mission uncertain, destination unknown
We don't know if we're ever coming home
Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door
Jump right out and count to four
If my main don't open wide
I got another one by my side
If that one should fail me too
Look out ground I'm coming through
Slip to the right and slip to the left
Slip on down, do a PLF
Hit the drop zone with my feet apart
Legs in my stomach and feet in my heart
If I die on the old drop zone
Box me up and ship me home
Pin my wings upon my chest
Bury me in the leaning rest
If I die in the Spanish Moors
Bury me deep with a case of Coors
If I die in Korean mud
Bury me deep with a case of Bud
If I die in a firefight
Bury me deep with a case of Lite
If I die in a German blitz
Bury me deep with a case of Schlitz
If I die, don't bring me back
Just bury me with a case of Jack


666 posted on 03/16/2006 7:58:29 PM PST by Flavius Josephus (War today is always cheaper than war tomorrow.)
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