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  1. 06-08-2018, 09:26 AM #1
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    Jumping out of a airplane is one thing,

    but, these guys had big ones.

    https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/491...y-lines-d-day/


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    #2 06-08-2018, 10:12 AM
    It's truly amazing what those young men accomplished....
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    #3 06-08-2018, 10:40 AM
    One of my older cousins survived a glider crash during the invasion. He told me 18 of the 25 soldiers aboard were killed and has no idea how he and the others survived. He said it was a brutal crash and they were being fired at as they crawled from the plane.
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    #4 06-08-2018, 02:21 PM
    I never had the ball's to go AirBourne.
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    #5 06-08-2018, 05:48 PM
    Bad ass! Airborne all the way!
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    #6 06-08-2018, 06:25 PM
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    #7 06-08-2018, 09:24 PM
    Thanks for the post. I shared the glider story on our family Facebook page. A truly amazing generation.
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    #8 06-09-2018, 10:27 PM
    They had some nads, that's for sure.
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    #9 06-11-2018, 08:32 AM
    My first wife's grandfather was a Glider Pilot. His stories left me in awe...and I spent 25 years in SOF.
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