Airborne T-10 Parachute

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Owner:: Taliban Hunter Message this owner
Released:: Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Origin:: North Carolina, United States
Recently Spotted:: In The Airborne Event (AE3)

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The mission of this TB (Travel Bug) is to come back home to Fort Bragg NC. Its time to get re-packed.

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Airborne T-10 Parachute

A platoon of volunteers was formed in 1940 and made the first mass jump August 1940. The first airborne Reg. the 501st was formed in April of 1941 and the first jump school was started at Ft. Benning, GA. The idea for the 250' towers came from Coney Island, N.Y. They were built for the 1940 worlds fair , and are still their today. The rest were put together from scratch. The first airborne divisions were created on August 15 1942. The 82nd and the 101st. Then came the 11th ,13th and 17th. The first combat jumps was made on November 8, and November 15, 1942 by the 509 PIR in Algeria at Tunisia. The next combat jump was made by the 504th PIR in Sicily, The first really big jumps were made on September 9th and 14th , 1943 by the 504 and the 509 at Salerno and Avellion which, because of lack of organization, almost turned out to be a disaster. After that jump, other units like artillery, engineers and signal Corps were added to make Airborne units more like a traditional division and increase their efficiency. Even the jumps at Normandy was disorganized, but this worked in their favor, because they landed in so many different spots the Germans didn't know how many men had landed, and it kept them off the beaches of Normandy, allowing the invasion force to gain a foot hold on the germans. The next large jump was by the 82nd and the 101st in Nijmegen-Arnheim to take control of the bridge at Remagen that crossed the Rhine river into Germany. The mission was accomplished leading to the defeat of the Germans. Then it was back to the Pacific. On February 3, 1945 the 11th airborne jumped at Luzon and again on the February 23, at Las Banos in the Philippines. The last and final jump of world W.W.II was by the 503rd on the Island of Corregidor also in the Philippines. This Jump got the 503 its nickname "THE ROCK" . It was on a cliff and some troopers were blown of and their chutes re-open before they hit the ocean! Last but not least was the battle of Bastogne. The 101st didn't jump into Bastogne, but they were very successful at holding the Germans at bay until the weather opened up. General MacAuliffe made himself and the 101st famous with the word of "NUTS" when asked by the Germans if he wanted to surrender . Another great airborne story is when, the Germans had them on the run at the bulge and a tank was retreating. A rifleman asked them if they were looking for a safe place to hide. He said : "IF YOU ARE THEN PULL YOUR VEHICLE BEHIND ME" and yelled "I'M THE 82nd AIRBORNE AND THIS IS AS FAR AS THE BASTARDS ARE GOING!"

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5/15/2005	scooptownduo retrieved it from Brady Cache	South Dakota	Visit Log
We picked this TB up from Brady cache in Spearfish, SD. We will get it moving again very soon. Scooptownduo
4/17/2005	GCHunter placed it in Brady Cache	South Dakota - 1.4 miles	Visit Log

11/19/2004	GCHunter retrieved it from Lookout Mountain	South Dakota	Visit Log
Awesome TB! I think I will either place it near Ft. Meade, the V.A. Hospital, or near Ellsworth AFB. Perhaps it may find some excitement or a hear a few war stories.
8/13/2004	MotorBug placed it in Lookout Mountain	South Dakota - 1,068.05 miles	Visit Log
I thought this travel bug would like a little mileage, so I brought it back to the Black Hills of SD with me. It has been a real conversation piece this past week or so.... I've ended up telling my caching buddies about my Army and Vietnam time, as well as having some interesting conversation about HALO activities with a cousin. Thanks a bunch for this one. I'll keep my eye on it! 👍 [This entry was edited by MotorBug on Friday, August 13, 2004 at 8:18:01 PM.]
8/10/2004	Taliban Hunter posted a note for it		Visit Log
MotorBug Thanks for the history lesson!!! Wow, People like you is what I was hoping for this bug to find......Thanks so much.....Great Pictures too!!! If I can get a few more troopers like you to post, my daughter is going to write a paper on this Bugs Travels......Thanks So very Much SGTABN82 :D
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8/4/2004	MotorBug retrieved it from The Cuesta Quest	California	Visit Log
"OUTBOARD PERSONNEL, STAND UP! INBOARD PERSONNEL, STAND UP! HOOK UP! CHECK STATIC LINE! CHECK EQUIPMENT! SOUND OFF FOR EQUIPMENT CHECK! STAND IN THE DOOR! GO... GO... GO... (My commands as a jumpmaster, a long, long time ago....) My, doesn't this travel bug bring back the memories! I was in the 82nd Airborne in 1967-8 at Fort Bragg, NC as a 2LT platoon leader, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR). I was also a Ranger, jumpmaster and loadmaster, qualified to supervise heavy equipment drops from C-141 Starlifters. While in the 82nd, I volunteered for Vietnam, not that it would have mattered-- I'm sure I would have ended up there within a few months any way. I got orders for the 101st Airborne, but never made it to that unit, being diverted in-country in April 1968 to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (SEP) because of high officer casualties from the on-going Tet offensive. In the 173rd, I was first assigned as an infantry platoon leader, Company D, 4th Battalion, 503rd PIR, "THE ROCK!" A good unit, good troopers, and we did what we came for. We operated in II Corps, generally known as the central highlands of South Vietnam. Most of the fighting was against Viet Cong (VC) units, who were masters at camouflage and booby traps. About 5-6 times we fought against regular North Vietnamese Army (NVA) troops. The NVA were far superior fighters than the VC and engagements were heavy with many causalities on both sides. Frequently we had to use close-in air strikes, "Puff the Magic Dragon" (a C-47 modified to carry a Gatling gun) and artillery to dig them out of their fortified positions. We were preparing for a combat jump and I was to be a jumpmaster, but it was cancelled. Over twenty-five years later I finally realized that "Vietnam is a country, not a war." It was about time. I am neither pro nor anti war: I respectfully assert that many of our politicians have no concept of what it is to fight a war. We should not put our young people in harm's way unless absolutely necessary. I have lost one family member in Iraq, and another young 20 year-old is there right now as a Marine, somewhere around Baghdad. I fully support our troops, but wonder if it is really necessary. If your daughter still has this as a class project I hope the above is interesting to her. Never forget and Welcome Home!
8/4/2004	boulter placed it in The Cuesta Quest	California - 2,395.86 miles	Visit Log

7/23/2004	boulter retrieved it from Beer, Ice-cream or Candy	Hawaii	Visit Log
Cool TB. I think I know just the person to give it to.
7/17/2004	Honupohaku placed it in Beer, Ice-cream or Candy	Hawaii - 117.23 miles	Visit Log
Dropped this one off after hiking down Kaupo. It would have been nicer to parachute down, but the hike was worth it. [This entry was edited by Honupohaku on Monday, July 19, 2004 at 2:19:20 PM.]
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