SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2009
NORMANDY - LAFIÈRE MILITARY PARACHUTE JUMPS (5
of 5) |
Banner Pass
a C-130 roars over the B&B
la Bataille de La Fière |
Mighty Mushrooms
looking like a bumper crop, windy conditions made landings tricky
with billowing canopies |
Significant Shortcut
trooper carries his gear through the La Fiere Manoir barnyard, a
battle site 65 years earlier |
Not All Ended Well
a few troopers sustained injuries but 6 or 7 out of 1000 made for a
very low casualty rate |
Medics On Hand
Those injured were quickly transported to a local hospital |
Trooper Transport
an injured jumper gets a saline drip while readied for hospital run |
Just Visiting
Donald van den Bogert (standing) and Hans De Bree, both of
Netherlands, pose with Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy |
It's In There Somewhere
An LJT member get some help finding a piece of gear |
To watch the jump on U-Tube
click here |
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All Normandy 'D-Day Plus 65' trip photos are a
multi-national mixture of work by Hervé Argoud, Hans DeBree, Gene Garren,
Fred Hoek, Herbert Lahout, Randy Lewellen, Cyndi Mathews, Bill Nation, Dick O'Donnell,
Dominique Potier, Vivian Roger, Zane Schlemmer, Donald van den Bogert and Nelly
van Loo-Polley. Individual credits have not been
given. |
