Thanks to all of you especially the 11th QM guys when I was with the 509th in Germany. Many jumps never a malfunction!

REFORGER '76 Germany
SP4 Raymond Allen (l) and SP4 Anthony Monplaisis (r), both of the 5th Quartermaster AD

, reach for cable and hook from a CH-54 Skycrane Helicopter to

attach a sling load of fuel drums during a Recovery Operations.
(USA Spec Opns Pic Det -Sep/Oct 76)

"American Parachutists...devils in baggy pants...are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next. Seems like the black-hearted devils are everywhere..."
(An entry in a German officer's diary found after the Battle of Anzio)