re: Normandy vet sings "Blood on the Risers/Paratrooper thread. Any jumpers?

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AFAIK the there have only been two static line mass combat jumps since the end of WWII. Operation Just Cause in '89 into Panama and Operation Northern Delay in '03 into Northern Iraq.

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I'm pretty sure there was a jump into Korea. It went poorly.

I was in Desert Storm with an Indian by the name of Bob Gambler. I saw him one day and he was sharpening the edge of his entrenching tool. I said "Gambler, what are you doing". He said "My Dad jumped in Korea. They jumped on an occupied position and it devolved into hand to hand combat. My Dad had sharpened his E-tool and used it as a hacking weapon. He said its the best hand to hand combat tool there is".

Needless to say, I sharpened my E-tool, just in case.