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Paratroopers of the 50's Main Index Page  History of Airborne Forces  A Salute to the Guys who started it all the Paratroopers of the 40's  Poems that Salute the Paratroopers of WWII  So you WANNABE a Paratrooper   Jump school of the 50's  Jump school the 50's Page 2  Jump school Certificates  Planes of the 50's  Great story on dropping Paratroopers by a C119's Flight Engineer Jumping "The Big Bird" the C-124 Differences in the "T" (T-4 thru T-10) type parachutes  A personal story about Jump School training in the 40's  Rare Pictures of 11th Abn in Japan burning the 40's & Gliders  "MORE" Rare Pictures of 11th Abn in Japan burning the 40's  The Korean Combat Jump  Korean Communist surrender card used in Korean War The Vietnam Combat Jump  Airborne Rangers of the 50's  Paratrooper's Poems of the 50's A poem "ABOUT" Paratroopers of the 50's Paratrooper Songs of the 50's The Official Airborne Divisions' Songs  Before and After Pictures of Troopers at least 20 yrs apart  Old Airborne 50's Brochure and Cartoons  More Old Airborne 50's Cartoons Page 2  1957 Pay Card must see to believe  Great OLD Jump Pictures   More Great OLD Jump Pictures  See What A 11th Airborne Kaserne in Germany Looked like in the 50's. The First Airborne Rangers  Paratrooper Worst Jump Stories "Night Jumps" were Great!! "Sin City" The Phenix City Story British, American Glossary of Paratrooper Terms,  "Purple Star" The Largest Brit-Amer Para Operation, 1996 A list of people who have contributed to our site.  Memorial to Troopers  Other Para Links  "PARATROOPER" - The best decision a young boy ever made !!  See what a dedicated Paratrooper thinks about  CJ, Gets Free Fall Monkey of his Back  Fishing with C J Magro     Or Select a Site

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