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Local Boy Relates Thrilling Experiences As Army ParachutistEarl Gray Is An Instructor In Southern CampPostville’s contribution ■ to Uncle Sam’s parachutists, Earl Gray; son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gray, is now an instructor with the parachute troops at Fort Benning, Ga., and in a letter to this office he ^ tells of some of the jumper’s experiences and thrills. Here is what Earl says:Dear Bill:—I’ve moved again, so thought I’d drop a few lines to let you know my address and what we’re doing.I made my five jumps last week. We had a perfect week for jumping, the weather being nice and clear and hardly any wind. We jumped our first one at 1500 feet-and the next four at 1250 feet. I must say I was a bit uneasy when jumping. In fact, I was scared so bad the first time I didn’t know whether I was coming or going. The last four were not sobad though.Perhaps you would like to knowthe routine we go through before we jump. After we get our chute on we are inspected, both of our chutes getting the look-over. Then when that is done, we are shoved up in anothei line where we are inspected again , and told the order in which we are supposed to jump as we jump all the way from 3 to twelve man mass, mostly twelve. Then we are put in the plane and seated in the order we are to jump.
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Postville Herald
Postville, Iowa, US
Wed, Apr 08, 1942
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