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Originally Posted by Kcolliver
The chute was developed by Germany. A MAJ from the German Airborne School and XVIII Coprs CG, LTG Lindsey jumped. Major was killed and LTG Lindsey broke his leg in several placed. Big NO GO.
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I think you are combining some events and have the facts confused.....
Lindsay was assigned to the Infantry School at Benning when that jump took place. He wasn't hurt on the jump.
Shortly thereafter he took command of the XVIII Airborne Corps. Within a few months of taking command of the Corps he broke his foot on a jump with the 20th Engineer Bde.
We painted his cast camouflage that afternoon and were on a plane to Honduras the next day. While in Honduras he spent time with 7th SFG.
If you saw him at that time walking around in a cast it would be easy to think he was hurt on the test jump.
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