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SAYS: " WE'RE SORRY SON BUT DAD CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT PARATROOPERS DID DURING THE WAR, MOTHER MIGHT HEAR !! Dedicated to the Paratroopers of the 50's The men who used the T-7 and T-10 parachutes blasted from C47, C82, C119, C123 AND C124 A Special Dedication to those who made the "Combat Jumps" in Korea. Paratroopers Of The 50's is especially proud of our "Korean Combat Jumps page" were we have authentic account and description of the Jumps at Sukchon and Munsan-Ni by Paratroopers, who made the Jumps with the 187th Parachute Inf. Regt. A tough Combat Jump by any means of measurement. In the 50's a Private made (in 1957) $78/month and received $55/month jump pay and colored film was very expensive - i.e. the black and white pictures To hear the Jump Master's Commands Click on buttons to Play C.J. Magro When All Of His Body Parts Function A Lot Better. "Did They Make You Guys Buy A Ticket Too?" "Hell It's A Long Way Down?" "Piece of cake" "Damn It Did Work!" "And I Love You Too" "OK OK I'll Pay You The 5 Bucks" "Sort Of Reminds Me When I use To Fly Kites" For Information on how to obtain a CD of GREAT AIRBORNE SONGS click on the Album Cover Back to top Want to see more pictures of the 50's : Combat Jumps; Jump School;  The Planes; and Great Jump Pictures? Then use our drop down menu and pick a DZ to jump on. 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 during the 40's & Gliders  "MORE" Rare Pictures of 11th Abn in Japan during the 40's  The Korean Combat Jumps  Korean Communist surrender card used during Korean War 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  See CJ gets the Free Fall Monkey off his back.  Fishing with C J Magro     Or Select a Site x IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGN THE GUESTBOOK MANIFEST, PLEASE DO. BUT FIRST BETTER READ OUR WARNING THIS IS "FOR MEN ONLY !" Be part of one of the largest data base to find old Para Buddies !! Please, list the dates and units you served with. Sign Our MANIFEST View Our MANIFEST

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