B.O.B "Currahee" - Parachute training
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Toward the end of November 1942, the 506th PIR was ordered to Fort Benning for parachute training. Upon arrival at Fort Benning, the 506th immediately started their parachute training. They learned to pack their own chutes and to prepare their equipment to be dropped in an airborne operation. Once their advanced airborne training at Fort Benning was completed, the unit moved to Camp Mackall, NC. It was here that extensive tactical training was conducted, including many night jumps. - Фільми й анімація
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At airborne school I asked my instructor how long I had to activate my reserve if I had a malfunction with my main. He smiled and said, "Airborne, you got the rest of your life to activate that reserve!" I always liked that answer; still makes me smile 31 years later...
Definitely made me laugh.
That’s the kind of story that can be used to demonstrate a point in a lot of life scenarios. Thanks for sharing!
And if it didn’t deploy we were to execute a dynamic parachute landing fall and then sound off with a loud and thunderous, “Airborne’”.
Love it!
@@TheFleahost Considering the staggering self-confidence of airborne soldiers, should that landing be in a classic superhero pose?
It doesn't show this in the show but Malarky's chute actually broke on one of his jumps and he got wrapped up in his reserve and almost died
The amazing thing was that jumping out of airplanes was not nearly the most dangerous thing these heroes did.
That wasn't in the book either
That sounds like a bunch of Malarky.
Late reply but I believe that is in the beginning of Compton's book
How did you learn that?
My first jump I was so busy trying to remember what they told me that I was on the ground before I knew what happened.
R.I.P my friend huehue
lol so everything else blacked out
They made us do a forced hydration before the jump. I had to piss so bad all I could think about was getting it over with so I could relieve myself. Funny enough as soon as I was out of the bird and it just hit me what i had done the urge went away. About 15 minutes after I was on the ground I remembered my bladder was about to burst.
I pooped on my first jump. And then I got smoked.
Did you remember what they told you?
The thing is, at least one man did refuse to jump, but later asked if he could before the plane turned back to base.
Yeah. It was Ramirez. I think he is on the show
On D-Day there were something like 20 men who refused to jump and some men returned to England who were paras and not aircrew.
@@stevekaczynski3793 I mean, there's always gonna be some. Thousands of men dropped, knowing they were now going into combat against an armed and trained force that was going to be trying to kill them. Most of them, going into combat for the first time. It's inevitable that some would refuse to jump. Jumping out of a plane is terrifying in the first place, add in flak explosions and Germans on the ground trying to kill you..... I don't think anyone truly knows how they would behave until put in that situation. Maybe I'd jump. Maybe I'd be terrified and clinging on the plane refusing to jump.
Sobel was lucky to get transferred. Lt Meehan the replacement commander was shot down with the entire stick over Normandy by AAA. Would have been Sobel in the same plane
he wasn't lucky... he tried to kill himself and failed, becoming blind and dying of malnutrition in VA home years later...
@@mimir4965 The internet used to have The Practical Guide to Suicide, and one of the first chapters dealt with Don't F**k It Up Like So Many Do. Something like 45% of suicide attempts fail to kill; with gruesome results. Who wants to live the rest of their life as a carrot?
C-47 is a beautiful aircraft.
AC-47 is even prettier.
Indeed
And eighty years later, some C-47 planes (renamed DC-3 for civilian use) still fly. In Finland, a C-47 will fly this 2021 sumner again after ten years in land, in order to make holidays flights.
CURAHEEE!!! 💪🏾💪🏻💪🏿🛩
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DC-3 are still incredible aircrafts. They look like fighters compared to all other transport aircrafts.
“The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3”
Lucky for me I ve flown c47s before before p51, spitfires, Messerschmitt bf 109
My first jump, my suspension lines got twisted and I hit the ground like a meteor. Somehow my beginners luck and rubber airborne knees kept me from breaking anything.
Lucky son of a bitch.
You mean "Risers"
@@armandogonzales9304 no. I dont. It was an improperly packed chute and one of my sets of suspension lines knotted.
Source: trust me bro
All you need is to remember what you were thought, and I guarantee, gravity will take care of the rest. The best line in this episode.
"Taught" Not Thought
and for reference, when quoting something add " " to it. :)
Firan. Did you get picked on in school? :)
@@johnappleseed9290 You reply to a 3 year old comment to drop that line. I have a feeling like you were the one that got picked on at school :)
@@WiggleJimmy you make absolute no sense buddy, so your logic is that my comment delineates what happens in school, ha, yeah alright, whatever helps you sleep at night ;)
@@johnappleseed9290 shut yo ass up
We had just completed Jump School and gotten our wings shortly before we headed home for Christmas leave. A guy on the plane, no one we recognized, was bragging about being Airborne. In true Airborne fashion, he was severely inebriated. The icing on the cake was when he vomited as the plane began to back away from the gate.
1944: "I am sure you gonna love it"
2021: "GET OFF FROM MY PLANE!"
Love how soft those landings are! One error here is that the parachutes deploy lines first like modern T10s or the Irvin X-Type used by the Brits in WW2.
The parachutes used here would have been T5s that opened canopy first and deployed in the prop blast, so they would have been much more violent openings.
I still vividly recall my parachute training at Fort Bragg in 1985. Remarkably the techniques haven’t changed much, just the uniforms although I like the football helmets. The actual jump was pure heaven. I still recall the pure joy of floating to the earth (after the pure terror beforehand wondering if the chute would open!). I was never scared of the actual jumps except the night ones which were a bit surreal.
I went thru The Airborne School at Benning in June 1981. I was thinking the same thing, the jump procedure seemed pretty much the same. And I had no fear of my jumps, I could not wait to get out of that airplane after three weeks of training. One thing that I remember is being very surprised at how hard I hit the ground. I always did a PLF as trained and never got hurt but it was quite a shock to me how quick and hard the landing was. In BOB and other shows they always look like they are drifting in and poof! A nice soft landing. Mine was WHAM! Welcome back to Earth Airborne!
Have not jumped since (I was an Air Force ROTC cadet during training) but I always treasured my jump wings.
Fort Bragg - before it was Fort Cancel Culture
Whoa whoa whoa, is no one going to mention sobel hesitated?
right. first time watching i was quite confused with sobel because of how hesitated he was, it's so unlikely to see a captain like that
He hesitated because he was unsure about the distance. That’s why according to the book.
He hesitated at first but jumped that is different from a refusal I expect on the first jump that to be common
It's a tv show dude. The director is just playing it up because he's the character that everyone is supposed to hate.
He hesitated because he was too busy thinking about who's weekend pass he was going to revoke...
People don't understand how little control you actually have with those parachutes. Anytime the winds were high-speed I got nervous.
I always liked that bomber jacket that the instructor is wearing
Funny how Pilot sunglasses , T shirts and Bomber jackets became cool items to wear during the 60's from baby boomers
As a dutchy i love the first episode its fascinating how these people were prepared and trained and what it really took to be one of these strong dudes
What does being Dutch have to do with anything 😂
Lost the world cup, have you 🤏
@@JoelDiez how'd your country finish
I was in the Army 20 years and never went Airborne, however I have nothing but respect for folks that did.
I love the little laugh when he says “Hopefully under deployed (chuckles) canopies”.... 00:57
The training episodes were my favorite.
@@cornusia ok
Before jumping out of planes was cool..
back then they thought: "why jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?"
Back when an additional $150 a month was a helluva lot of money
Admittedly, I’m actually scared of heights....but I have always wanted to do this sorta thing, just once!
Me too, but just once.
I'd prefer to do it once, but have the opportunity to do it again :p
Well, you're guaranteed to do it al least once for sure 😆
There is nothing stopping you. I did it because I was afraid of heights too when I was 16. Not like paratroopers do it at 800 feet, but at 2500 feet. It cost me $250 for four hours training and one jump. I paid $100 for a second jump. That was in 1969. Do it. You don't live forever.
This series never gets old. It seems like yesterday when it was first aired. Released in 1999, I think.
2001
BUZZEY15
I'm watching it right now. And learned of more truths that are hidden within the story line. African and Belgian nurses were true depictions of the story line. And very few points have been made to the Battalion Surgeon Dr. Jack Prior.
Coming from 1994 Army Trained Combat Medic and knowing how a Battalion Aid Station is essential to troop survival. It has always concerned me that very little was mentioned of the Battalion Surgical Staff. And what Doc Roe went through to get the troops medically fit to fight and survive. This film has more to offer than just the film, we just need to pay more attention to the details.
@@BUZZEY15 It debuted the first 2 episodes on September 9, 2001, 2 days before 9/11.
Joe McKim A day that will forever live, in infamy.
2:26 Universal static line snaphook improperly attached to the anchor line cable. #jumpmaster
yup I caught that too.
Nice catch. Spot-on.
I don't know if that's just a mistake or if it's to reflect that these are trainees and one of them probably got it wrong.
You better believe your weekend pass is being revoked.
What am I looking for?
I made two static line jumps at 2500ft in 1969, when I was sixteen, from Parachutes Inc. in Lakewood New Jersey. It was two or three miles from Fort Dix. I bounced a check to purchase the second jump. Hop and Pops they called them. By far the most fun I ever had.
I did a static line jump around 1998 with a group of people from work on our day off but we were only jumping from about 1500 feet. Just enough to be able to mark it off of my bucket list.
the wind sounds certainly remind me of my first jumps
I like those football helmets they got. Brings back memories. That said, it is amazing how loud military aircraft is. Then you get on civilian aircraft, they are quiet, comfortable and you a drink lol
What’s crazy about the airborne troops is that jumping out of an airplane is the easy part of the mission.
only to die by a stray bullet or 20mm AA round indeed
None of my landings were that soft...just sayin
they really don't show the fact if the troops didn't do the proper landing I don't know what its call, they can pretty much break their legs
+falcon3268 they can break more than their legs
@@falcon3268 plf
Yup. Those were the kind of landings I could only dream of
Ww2 era infantry was much lighter in weight and didn't carry nearly as much equipment as today
All you need is to remember what you were taught, and I guarantee, gravity will take care of the rest. Couldn't be more true than that.
You really love that line to comment on it twice
Give him a break. It is an experience, every second of which one never forgets. It's 63 years for me, and I remember every second of it if I think back.
My first jump at airborne school i happened to be the first one in the line. Had to stare out at the open door flying 3000ft while the jumpmaster took his time to give me permission to jump. I still remember how surreal it looked outside the door. As if it was a dream
Beyond proud that my father served in the 82nd Airborne. He had one tattoo:”US Army Paratrooper.”
Balls of steel. Jumping out of an airplane was a new concept. No idea if they would even live through it
It was only new for the US. At this point in time Germany already did so many para-troopings operation it was already ruled out because of the tremendous countermeasures the Allies applied against it.
So thinking about it...you are right, this needs balls of steel. Because they were about to jump against the creator of this concept who also learned first hand how effective countermeasures have to be
Don't forget that those are trainingjumps.
Watching this brings back memories.
There was a video, some years back, of jumpers doing a free fall drop from the bomb bay of a B-17.
Man those old football helmets were cool looking, wish we still used them.
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He was just a rookie trooper
and he surely shook with fright.......
He checked off his equipment
and made sure his pack was tight...
He had to sit and listen too those awful engines roar.
You ain't gonna jump no more.
I wonder how often the parachutes failed in those days.
1000 feet is pretty low to realize you have a problem and deploy your reserve.
In Buck Compton's memior he states that parachute failure was less a fraction of a percentage, but offers no further numbers. Stephen Ambrose in the WW2 Encyclopedia states that parachute deployment failure in this era was less than 1 in 7000 deployments, but offers no statistics to support that figure.
Not sure if those numbers indicate a fatality as a result of the parachute not deploying, or some other failure such as rigging, straps, ect.
I don’t know about then but nowadays the normal jump altitude is 1250ft and once you jump you’re supposed to count to four, and if by the count of four you look up and your chute ain’t deployed, you yank the reserve.
When I first visited England in 1993. There was some old movie on television. They were showing RAF guys how to jump out of airplanes. They were told that if the parachute didn’t open it was called a “ Roman Candle”. Everyone got scared and refused to jump. So the instructor said : I’ll show you guys- and - Roman candle!
@@juanmonge8
Ouch. My guess is that the RAF guys STILL refused to jump...
I asked General Yeager (on Twitter) if he ever jumped out of an airplane that wasn’t crashing. He said something like “For what reason?”
He famously refused to do the NF-104 crash sequence on the “Right Stuff” movie, which had a real parachute jump. (Actually it was many jumps to get the shot they needed.)
He said the stunt man they got instead of him “augured in.”
my first jump i i all most threw up because i was afraid of hights lol
Lmao and you chose to become paratroop?
And then what happened? Im afraid of heights but I wanna sky dive to kill it..
@@kokotaughs That deserves respect. Doing something even though it scares you
@@nczioox1116 Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to overcome it.
Damn, it seems a lot harder back then. Nowadays we jump 250 higher and our exit process is a lot faster.
Well, it was still a novel way of fighting.
I remember during my Infantry training at Fort Benning, i believe it were training with anti tank weapon systems and i just recall a giant buzz from a bird whizz over us and about 50 miles away were able to see the Airborne make their jump and by golly everyone in the company there were just charged up for the rest of the day.
if you do airborne re-enacting you can do this with your ww2 uniform
or you can join the military and go through airborne training with an issued uniform ;)
One thing they should've included on the training was AA fire that was likely to happen.
Paratropers are traditional used in combat zones were it was safe to land. Usually away from the main action hence why they are not trained that way.
falcon3268 Operation Husky and Neptune were both outliers for what proper usage of airborne drops should look like. They were both being dropped too close to their objectives to have a safe route that would ignore flak entirely, or negate its usage. Granted they had to. An example of a good paradrop is Operation Torch, 504th PIR 82nd Airborne.
“Perconte, have you been blousing your trousers like a paratrooper ?”
I don't remember if they show this but, back then, they also had to wrap and pack their own parachutes....
Seems kinda fun to me!
I'm amazed they survived.
1:34 When the car in front of you takes forever to make their turn
I'll never forget my first jump from a plane at Ft Benning, GA!!! What a rush!
What is that cloth trailing back from the exit door? It looks like a parachute, but olive drab in colour as opposed to off-white.
(Later note) It seems to be left behind every time someone jumps. There are a number of them after a few jumps.
Isn't the Officer or highest ranking man supposed to jump first out of the airplane?
+sausy mayo He is but we guess Sobel never got the memo
+sausy mayo And winters was indeed first out.
+sausy mayo but we also have to remember that this was training
This was also the very beginning of the paratroopers, so I'm not sure if that procedure was there yet.
At the time both Winters and Sobel were Lieutenants although Winters was a Second Lieutenant and Sobel was a First Lieutenant
One of the few things i miss about the Army
I would love to parachute but only when the plane I’m on is flying vertically towards the ground
I remember my first jump. I was scared shit as hell
FEET AND KNEES TOGETHER !
Who checks the last guy's equipment?
Command by JM is, Last jumper turn towards the skin of the aircraft, 2nd to last jumper, check last jumpers static line
would their chute might clip on that tail section?
Does anyone know the name of the actor who plays the instructor?
If you have Amazon Prime and pause this scene I believe it'll tell you
quick question are those football helmets from west point?
@The Joe2005...My question is: did those helmets even exist in 1943/44? They look like Riddell suspension helmets that began to appear in the 1950's.
88mike This forum thread has a picture of similar helmets in use in 1944:
www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/179908-question-about-paratrooper-riddel-helmet/
rougishpaladin...Thanks for the info. In Fact the M1941 helmet liner and the Riddell suspension helmets have the same interiors.
Who is checking last man's equipment ?
The jump master.
1:21 here they are jumping for real, does anyone know who did this? I have searched for answers but haven't found any. Is it the real army or are there veterans that does this for fun and they just filmed them?
Are you sure that was real? I think the plane is real and the sound its making is but it looked like it was a set with maybe a green screen showing the land.
First jump I landed like an angel. The second jump I thought I broke my back! The night jump was scary. The other two were not memorable.
How are your back now?
I’d bet money that the NCO giving the block of instruction is or was an actual NCO.
The sound of the plane, something about it
Why wasn't sobel one?
He did jump on this video
The air over the wings was doing strange things.
The one where Ross hits the silk.
Glory; Glory, what a hell of a way to die!
This explained it all 'bout Cap. Sobel? He'd force you out of an airplane but you can tell he ain't jumping!???
i want to do it
Why would you jump from a perfectly fine airplane? Madness...
Ross does not seem to enjoy this
The One Where Ross Doesn’t Want to Jump Out of a Plane.
Watching this while at airborne school lmao
There's no way those airborne stay all quite on their first jump like that. Airborne always scream the whole landing field apart on their first jump, from the moment their Parachute unfolds correctly all the way to the ground. No instructor has the right to forbid that.
how do you train to parishout, welp you parishout!
All you do is stick you leg out the door. Wind will make sure you leave the Plane...
Airborne VR game would be cool
Why do we follow the green smoke?
Because its proper procedure
Alec Cross ah, haha. haha... no,
Those were some terrible PLF's Lieutenants!!! lol
I wish my landings were that soft😢😢
Man i really would have struggled with this. I ain't good with heights. Or the feeling of falling. If it were night time it might have been easier.
Ohh ini kisah perjuangan kompi E ya
Done it yet xD
Blood wings
Almost a jump refusal lmfao
2:09 really I thought u would just get pushed
Probably meant during training, defo would get pushed in combat.
Ox van cool yea because a white parachute today would be considered racist lol
Pivot !!!!
They should've made the parachute black
lol nah kid
Well if you have to think of it they were going to be jumping a night probably so unless you are use to the dark or it was day time you wouldn't be able to see them
They could still spot you in the dark. For one thing, the color white reflects light the most out of all other colors, while dark colors tend to absorb it more. The other thing is that Germans had powerful spotlights intended to illuminate the sky, which helped them spot enemy aircraft and paratroopers for their anti-aircaft guns.
Yeah I'd love jumping with a massive black contrasting Parachute in the day time
Very convenient for whoever Is looking for you
Defossion - Bullsh**. Nobody talks like that in Jump School 🙄
i thought they were made in china lol