"My Section
under the wing of a C-47 prior to the Sonja Henie exhibition jump." None of the men are identified.
(Courtesy O.B. Hill collection)
Lucky
G.I.
unidentified Private makes a presentation to Miss Henie |
Sonja Henie
poses with unidentified troopers prior to jump
Honorary
Colonel Henie
went with the troopers for the jump and landed safely
(when the aircraft returned to the ground) |
Sgt.
Paul Priwer, son of Mrs. Fred Priwer, 1916 Washington st, a paratrooper
stationed in Frankfurt, Germany, recently wrote his parents that Sonja
Henie, an honorary colonel in the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, of
which Sgt. Priwer is a member, served as jump master, for the group in a
recent demonstration staged near Frankfurt.
Sgt. Priwer enlisted in the cavalry in November 1937, and received his
basic training at Ft Meade [MD] He was sent to the Philippine Islands in
1938 and served there two and one-half years. Following his return from
the islands he was sent to Camp Davis, N.C., where he spent two years as
an instructor prior to enlisting in the paratroopers. He received his
paratrooper training at Ft. Benning, Ga, and was sent overseas in
February, 1945, seeing service in France as well as Germany.
First Lt. Wayne F. Priwer, a brother of Sgt. Priwer, was killed in
action in France on July 17, 1944.
[Source: Unknown newspaper] |