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Topic: The good old '50s (Read 359 times)
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Ernie Wetzel
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"It's not the size of the dog in the fight,
It's the size of the fight in the dog".
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John Bain
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C119 - commonly known as the "Flying Boxcar".
Took my jump course in 55 and jumped the new chute...T10, so had no opening load.
MMM...looks like one guy in a panic...legs open and dropped his chest pack too soon, or is that another paratrooper?
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Ernie Wetzel
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Took my course June 54 T-7 chute, that's another jumper, one hell of an opening load 
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"It's not the size of the dog in the fight,
It's the size of the fight in the dog".
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Don Marche
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Great picture Ernie, took my jump course in 65 and jumped the C 119 and we were the first course to make the conversion jump to the C 130.
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1964-1965 RCR Depot North West Canada Pl,
A Coy 2 RCR London
1965-1968 B Coy 2 RCR Fort York Germany,
Promoted to Cpl 68.
1968-1973 D Coy 1 RCR London,
Promoted M\Cpl 69
1970 Cyprus
Promoted to Sgt 73
Took my release in Sep 1973 Rank Sgt
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SSM, Peace Keeping, UN-Cyprus, Queen's Jubilee, CD1
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Al Meecham
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Hi Ernie
Good pics.and memories.Qualified Easter 54 in bunny siuts.We used the t4 main and that was .one hell of an opening load.
Cheers All
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Ernie Wetzel
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Here's another one.
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"It's not the size of the dog in the fight,
It's the size of the fight in the dog".
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Ron \"Trooper\" Green
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I remember the beast well. Did my jump course in 63. Great picture, brings back many good memories. Thanks
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