Quote Originally Posted by Gil Boyd View Post
probaly the most dangerous period in a Paratroopers life!!
Specially if you were the first wave into the DZ and the second came early or you were slow clearing to the rally points. The crap that would rain down from machine guns to helmets to rucksacks...was shocking. If you were the smallest man you could jump the .30 cal and about 6 belts...they'd load you on the ramp with a forklift and throw you out like a door bundle. So, you'd hit the ground at about the speed of the .45 being fired straight down...but not land as nice.