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Post by one50 on May 24, 2010 8:26:07 GMT 8
This past weekend I spent the day with the family of a 503rd Vet. He passed away in 1987, but his legacy lives on with a collection of memos and photos his family have kept close. Going through a box of items I ran across this little pin. Shaped like a 4 leaf clover with the number 4000 on it. My jaw dropped to the floor and I stuttered and asked "do do you know what this is?" the family replayed back "no...tell us" I have never seen one of these pins. I have only heard of them...and actually passed them off as myth, but here in my hand I was holding one. It wasn't a fluke...I later found official documentation to prove that he truly deserved this pin. What is it? Tell me what you think. Dan
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Post by one50 on May 30, 2010 10:53:12 GMT 8
No guesses? None at all? I'll give you a clue... 1 1000 2 1000 3 1000
Dan
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Post by mgk1951 on May 30, 2010 12:07:56 GMT 8
What's next?
Look up; check chute!
Then what?
Regards
mgk
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Post by one50 on May 31, 2010 6:27:52 GMT 8
3 1000 the canopy would open and you would feel it open. 4 1000 you would pull your emergency pack when 3 1000 didn't happen.
This pin is given to paratroopers who have pulled their emergency chute and lived to tell about it. I believe on the Corregidor jump 3 chute malfunctions occurred. Only one person got this Pin on Corregidor...the other 2 men...didn't make it.
This particular pin (pictured) was given to this trooper for a practice jump in which he had to pull his emergency chute. He still landed hard and broke his back.
It's a pretty elite group of men.
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