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Father Francis Sampson (101st Airborne Division) prays over dead paratroopers in Normandy, France the second week in June 1944. Notice the bodies are wrapped in parachutes. |
The man hit a few yards away, making a sound like a large mattress going 'floomp' against the ground, and for the second time in a week I witnessed a man hitting the ground so hard that he actually bounced. Limping over, I looked down at him and nearly fell over when he opened his eyes and asked, 'What happened?'
'Your chute didn't open,' I told him.
'You're kidding,' he said. 'Help me up, I've got to get going.'
'You're not going anywhere,' a sergeant said as a jeep pulled up, 'except to a hospital.' The man on the ground protested, saying that he had to make another jump that night.
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Father Leo Combs giving last rights to soldier who stepped on a mine |
'Ive told you a thousand times to check your canopy first when you leave the plane; let this be a lesson to you,' (the sergeant said)"
--Donald Burgett, CURRAHEE!, p. 43-45
Original Photo Top: US Signal Corps
Original Photo Bottom: http://v-forvictory.blogspot.com/2009/10/shepherds-in-combat-boots.html
Book: CURRAHEE! by Donald Burgett
--Donald Burgett, CURRAHEE!, p. 43-45
Original Photo Top: US Signal Corps
Original Photo Bottom: http://v-forvictory.blogspot.com/2009/10/shepherds-in-combat-boots.html
Book: CURRAHEE! by Donald Burgett
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