This is me as a Army Medic at Fort Stewart, Georgia in 1967. This picture was taken when airborne troops from Fort Bragg, NC parachuted over Fort Stewart military reservation and some did not make a good landing, twisted or broken ankles and some ended up in trees. Don't remember the number of paratroopers, could have been 100 or more. There were other ambulance crews that day picking up the injured. If I remember correctly there was more wind than what was predicted--blame was with the Air Force.
When I was in Naval Operations training in Dam Neck, VA they had paratroopers jump out over the beach for the 4th of July as part of the celebration. It was very windy and at least one person drowned when the wind blew them out into the ocean.
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