17-2-7 Garand Picture of the Day

[Flying10uk]

Thanks for identifying it as a parachute training tower, Jim.

I've mentioned in the past that, years ago, while in the Army Cadets a fellow cadet inexplicably decided to point a rifle at a sergeant, admittedly it was a D.P. rifle. I instantly knew that something was about to happen because of this but I wasn't sure what. The sergeant very softly and politely asked the cadet who had pointed the rifle at him to turn around/about turn. Then from some distance away, the sergeant took a run towards the cadet and gave him one enormous kick in the behind. By today's standards, this may seem harsh but the cadet had pointed a rifle, albeit a D.P., at a sergeant in front of all the other cadets; the sergeant couldn't let the cadet get away with it or next time it may have happened with a live rifle.

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[browningautorifle]

a 250' Free Tower used in parachute training

We had one in Shilo Manitoba too. At the end of it's time it was a navigation aid from the training area, which had lots of badlands in it's range. Night time it still had lights...then they tore it down. The young guys today don't even know it existed.

the sergeant took a run towards the cadet and gave him one enormous kick in the behind. By today's standards, this may seem harsh

Today you'd be charged for striking a subordinate. And you'd suffer too...it could have happened then as well, it was a charge that has been carried in the books for ages. Not something you want to bet on doing, no matter what.

[BEAR]

Here's a picture of a parachute being rigged on the tower at Hadnot Point. Notice the similarity of the treelines in the two pictures.Attachment 80514

[BEAR]

I know everybody already knows this but just in case it's not known by some, Hadnot Point was renamed in 1942 to .......Camp Lejeune.