View Full Version : Army celebrates 75 years of the American paratrooper
mojaveman
08-10-2015, 23:32
I wonder if any of the original volunteers are still around?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/10/army-celebrates-75-years-american-paratrooper/31404901
I wonder if any of the original volunteers are still around?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/10/army-celebrates-75-years-american-paratrooper/31404901
From the article "...Today, only one member of the test platoon, Thaddeus Selman, is still alive..."
Team Sergeant
08-11-2015, 09:30
I wonder if any of the original volunteers are still around?
Richard?
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In the mid-late 70's I was assigned to the Airborne Department at Fort Benning. The Department held a dinner for the members of the Test Platoon. Quite a few attended.
They were very interesting and had a lot of really good (and some funny) stories to tell.
I only wish that I could have taped all of the stories.
Team Sergeant
08-13-2015, 09:06
In the mid-late 70's I was assigned to the Airborne Department at Fort Benning. The Department held a dinner for the members of the Test Platoon. Quite a few attended.
They were very interesting and had a lot of really good (and some funny) stories to tell.
I only wish that I could have taped all of the stories.
I was in that area, May 1978....:munchin ;)
If memory serves, in May 78 I was with Tower Branch.