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tParatrooper LeapsIiFrom Plane ButGoes Up Not Down1uH11(\!♦j «IWashington, June M.D—The » you*ig paratrooper leaped from his]5 plan**, yelling Geronirao” like all good paratroopers, but be didn't go down. He went up.He watched hi* buddies swing in diminishing pendulums toward the ground gazed anxiously ns bis airplane faded into the distance as he per or ally floated higher and Ihigher.With no more control over his'1movement than a wr*p of thistle- ‘down.** relates Tb© Official Service ’ I Magazine Air Force, the pora ! ] trooper was tossed about on the spoint of a thermal wave.He *|«cnt half an hour watching his outfit fighting a fierce mock han»e on the ground. In time, the thermal «*»« releused the young man and he came down to Join his battalion as a fresh reservist**The Magazine said the peculiar voyage took place at Fort Henning,Ha.#4
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Albert Lea Evening Tribune Farm Tab
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Sat, Jun 03, 1944
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