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SONJA HENIE AT REIMS - 13 JULY 1945

"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]