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Originally Posted by sf11b_p
This thread reminded me of something. A week or so ago I was watching an old WWII movie and saw a recovery of a Waco type Glider by a C-47, done much like the recovery method in "Green Berets". I was surprised to see the method in a '44 or '45 war movie.
Turns out it was the "All American System" and it was used by the military as early as '43 and an earlier system used in the '20s for mail.
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I met a retired glider rider who rode the recovery out. He said that it was the worst experience of his life. Made jumping look easy.
The recovery method in The Green Berets is the Fulton "STAR" we discussed. Killed a lot of people, and almost got a general in the early 60s.
We used to teach that glider recovery type method for message pick-ups, or essentially, mail service.
TR
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