Black boots recommendations?

[James MacMillan]

When did they start giving Marines parachutes?

Who said anything about parachutes?

We just jump out of the plane and flap our arms, really fast, and float us gently down to the ground!

[cacunn]

We just jump out of the plane and flap our arms, really fast, and float us gently down to the ground!

The Marines I talked to in the I Corp area said that they were taught to jump out head first. They were to replace the divot before leaving the drop zone, if they had time, or to use it as a fox hole if the situation required it.

Even though I was Army there was something reassuring about working in I Corp and knowing it was the Marine area of operation.

[James MacMillan]

The Marines I talked to in the I Corp area said that they were taught to jump out head first. They were to replace the divot before leaving the drop zone, if they had time, or to use it as a fox hole if the situation required it.

That sounds about right.