Operation Bright Star Pine Cone - 1960
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Re: Operation Bright Star Pine Cone - 1960
Wow , great pictures.
The men in 101st and the equipment had to be tough.
I live not to far from Fort Bragg, and before that Camp Lejeune.
Seen them parachuted, but none free falling.
When I worked in Heavy Equipment, we rebuilt a military loader, completely refurbished it for the Military, and got sent pictures of it flattened, chute didn't open.
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Dave
The men in 101st and the equipment had to be tough.
I live not to far from Fort Bragg, and before that Camp Lejeune.
Seen them parachuted, but none free falling.
When I worked in Heavy Equipment, we rebuilt a military loader, completely refurbished it for the Military, and got sent pictures of it flattened, chute didn't open.
Thanks,
Dave
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Re: Operation Bright Star Pine Cone - 1960
That'll buff out......REG wrote:Guys, that wasn't an accident with the Dodge. It was a top secret, prototype inflatable
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Re: Operation Bright Star Pine Cone - 1960
Those vehicles made good salvage, Bud Werner used to buy them for their small parts.
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Re: Operation Bright Star Pine Cone - 1960
Hardly used & only dropped once?Ben Dover wrote:Those vehicles made good salvage, Bud Werner used to buy them for their small parts.
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Bud couldn't resist these. he sent me 7 air drop M-38A1 radiators in turn for a favor a few years ago.
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Re: Operation Bright Star Pine Cone - 1960
Here's the French doin the same - with a G503 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://web.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.ph ... 5#p1165035
http://web.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.ph ... 5#p1165035
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Re: Operation Bright Star Pine Cone - 1960
AIRBORNE!!! What comes out of the sky? Bird Crap!
Not all M-37's qualify, do they?
Not all M-37's qualify, do they?
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Re: Operation Bright Star Pine Cone - 1960
Demolish it by air drop, it's OK. Demolish it by reckless operation, get a Statement of Charges.
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They were expendable.
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Re: Operation Bright Star Pine Cone - 1960
Very great photographs and this was really neat to take a look at here and thanks for posting them...
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Sometimes the chutes fail, Jeeps do not like that as the wheels push up thru the fenders.
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All I ever got in the early 60's was the PX version we bought ourselves, we did not get genuine GI Issue Ridgeways. Barracks pranksters broke them in.
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