Tant01

You know those japanese balloon bombs that "never" actually blew up anything or set fires in the USA.... well if you're interested in the history of the Army Airborne Infantry you'll like this. If you ever wanted to know where the modern USFS firefighters known as Hot Shots or smoke jumpers got their start it's here too!

...few people know about the unit, which later was redesignated the 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment part of the 82nd Airborne Division.

Let us travel back to the origins of this unit, its conversion from a highly trained and combat ready parachute unit to the extremely dangerous role of "smoke jumping" and their performance in one of the best kept secret operations in World War II.


http://www.thedropzone.org/training/smokejmp.html

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"In all countries where personal freedom is valued, however much each individual may rely on legal redress, the right of each to carry arms - and these the best and the sharpest - for his own protection in case of extremity, is a right of nature indelible and irrepressible, and the more it is sought to be repressed the more it will recur."

James Paterson