Re(1): Airborne! IP: 174.194.17.32 Posted on December 22, 2016 at 01:35:18 AM by Dean A. Morrison
I often think about that Jump on Jan.18 1968 we were to make. Most of us where Gung-ho to begin with, but as the day got closer one could see the doubt and concern on our faces. This was especially true when we got to Phang Rang and sat around the Sand Tables, reality sank in.
What a point of Pride this Jump would have been for us. Having that Gold Star on our Jump Wings and we lived to tell about it. Countless storied about it told to Family,Friends, Vet's at the Legion Hall, VFW, Reunions, ets. Each time told more vividly.
I can only imagine the the Confusion and Terror we Troopers would have experienced jumping out at 0300 hrs with full Combat Gear and wearing a Gas Mask, not seeing the Ground and not knowing what will happen when you reach the Ground. Do I go this way or that way. Is that noise over there a Trooper or Charley. How the Hell do I find that Post I'm supposed to assemble at.
We all knew the way things are in the Nam, Charley always knew we where coming. What did he have waiting for us, will we live tell those tales?
We will never know. We Soliderd on with the Men we called Brothers then and still do today.
Currahee
3rd Bn. (Airborne)
