Army celebrates 75 years of the American paratrooper

[mojaveman]

I wonder if any of the original volunteers are still around?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ooper/31404901

[Pete]

Originally Posted by mojaveman

I wonder if any of the original volunteers are still around?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ooper/31404901

From the article "...Today, only one member of the test platoon, Thaddeus Selman, is still alive..."

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by mojaveman

I wonder if any of the original volunteers are still around?

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[fred111]

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]

Originally Posted by fred111

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....

[fred111]

If memory serves, in May 78 I was with Tower Branch.