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National Airborne Day Part II

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Previous Airborne posts:

Band of Brothers Blogging (including autographed photo by Wild Bill Guarnere)

Angels At Dawn - The Los Banos Raid

More Airborne Stories

Perhaps my favorite Paratrooper photo from the War on Terror (82nd Airborne renders a proper salute to the Associated Press)

Paratrooper George Perez, an amputee, gets back into the Airborne I and Part II

Another amputee, Dan Metzdorf, won't quit, either

173rd Jump over Germany

Mustard Stains - Combat Parachute Drop into Iraq.  And there's a Part II - these guys made a Classified Infil into Afghanistan.

Paratrooper's Last Wish Honored

And for a little levity, Airdrop Mishaps...we've all had 'em (I've been dragged across railroad tracks, landed on sheets of ice, trees, stream beds that turned out to be sewer run offs, etc.)

Remembering Zach Wobler

And, of course, everybody's favorite Airborne MP - Sergeant Joey Bozik.  If you ever get a chance to watch the MTV True Life story about Bozik, it's really great.  Seeing the Airborne greet Joey at the Green Ramp, well, let's just say that I had to leave the room.  (MTV picked the worset Marines of all time to showcase, but Joey was the perfect counter to them).  Every single battle-hardened Paratrooper, including the crusty old First Sergeant, came up to Joey, hugged him, and said, "I love you."

Marine amputee gets Airborne qualified

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The Soldiers' Angels must have known about National Airborne day...I just asked for another "adoptee" and got someone from the 173rd.

Go Airborne!

Margaret
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Posted by: M. Margaret Nesmith | August 16, 2005 at 09:46 PM

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