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From: Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Dropping Stuff (was Re: Airborne Operations)
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Date: 13 Jul 90 01:59:04 GMT
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From: Scott.Johnson@p0.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Scott Johnson)

        The scariest thing I ever saw was footage of one of the US' 
first tries at mass paratroop dropping. They got the C-47s in a 
completely wrong formation and troops were falling into each other 
all over the place. I don't think they ever quite solved that problem
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