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Perry Man In Elite Air Force Group
BUPYONG, Korea-Zero De
fects is more than a slogan for
the members of Korea Support
Command’s only 100 percent
airborne unit for a slip in per
formance could easily lead to
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SPEC. 4 EDWARD A. WALL
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disaster for a fellow soldier.
For the airborne unit, the
Parachute Maintenance section
of the Directorate for Services.
U. S. Army Ascom Depot, is
responsible for packing all par
achusetes used by Army avia
tors in Korea. To qualify for
this elite unit each man must
be a double volunteer, He must
first volunteer for airborne
training and then volunteer to
be a parachute rigger.
Why do the men who do this
essentially ground-bound job
have to be parachute qualified?
"Put yourself in the position of
an aviator. Would you want to
jump with a chute packed by
someone who has never jump
ed; doesn't know the feel of
falling through space?’’, said
SGT Roy Christmann, one of
the riggers. "It is a feeling of
empathy”.
At present the section is run
by non-commissioned officer in
charge SSG Willard Washing
ton, a veteran of more than 400
jumps and a recent lour in
Vietnam.
Keeping chutes in shape for
flight units from Pusan to the
2nd Infantry Division is a big
job for the eight man section,
each of whom jumps at least
once a month to sort of "keep
their hand in” the game. On
an average month 120-130
chutes are turned in for repack
ing.
Are that many used in Korea
each 30 days? Not necessarily
but a packing has a "life” of
only 90 days. If the chute is not
used during that period of time
it comes back to Ascom for in
spection and repacking. The
real life of the most commonly
used parachute in Korea is 10
years or 100 uses, which ever
comes first.
In addition to the eight sol
diers of the section, one Ko
rean employee works with the
group. Mrs. Fong Ok Ahn has
been on the job since April 17,
1952 making her one of the
real ‘‘old timers” among Ko
rean employees working for
the U. S. Army.
To be a rigger requires three
months of schooling at Fort
Lee ,Va. All members are re
cruited from airborne training
at Fort Benning, Ga. The first
four weeks are spent learning
how to pack the various types
of Army and Air Force chutes,
some weighing up to 35 pounds.
The next four weeks are de
voted to learning how to rig
ever larger chutes for cargo
drops. Ihe month’s training
ends with drops of cargo and
vehicles.
To wind up the course to bud
ding rigger learns how to use
die sewing machine, the needle
and thread and the other arts of
parachute repair.
At the section in Escom the
members of the unit can re
pack a chute in about an hour.
The complete process includes
a thorough inspection for tears
in the nylon canopy and weak
spots in the cords. More time
is required if the chute is wet
as it must first be hung to dry
in the tower. Packed chutes are
stored and most units are able
to direct exchange expired and
used chutes for repacked ones.
Knowing someone’s life may
depend on your professionalism
is a big responsibility but the
men of the unit truly can say
"I know how you feel”; they
have all floated to earth them
selves with the add of a few
pounds of nylon and cord, self
packed.
Specialist 4 Edward A. Wall,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis E.
Wall of Route 1, Kathleen, is I
one of the elite group who
works as a chute rigger. He
entered the Army in February,
1938, and completed basic com
bat training at Fort Henning.
He reported to Korea after be
ing assigned to the Instructor
Rigger School at Fort Lee, Va.
Specialist Wall is a 1966
graduate of Perry High School
and worked as a clerk and off
set pressman with the Gulf Oil
Corporation in Atlanta prior to
entering the Army.
The 22-year-old soldier has
some 45 jumps to his credit.
He is one of the few people in
the U. S. Army to have earned
Korean Jump Wings. He did
this by jumping five times with
Korean airborne units using
Korean planes and Korean
jumpmasters. Additionally he
wears U. S. airborne jump
wings and parachute rigger
jump wings.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Smyth
and Clare spent the weekend at
their cottage near Henderson
ville, N. C. They were accom
panied back to Perry by Selecia
Jones, who has been attending
Camp Kanuga at Henderson
ville.
♦ * ♦
Mrs. Betty Honnold has re
turned home to Perry after
spending six days with her
husband. Major John K.
Honnold, at Waikiki in Hawaii
where he was taking his Rest
and Recreation period. Major
Honnold has been assigned now
to Viet Nam,
♦ ♦ *
Miss Elizabeth Hancock was
joined by her nephew, Tim
Hancock of Bradenton, Fla., for
a vacation to Gatlinburg, Tenn.
and through the Smokey Moun
tains of North Carolina.
* * *
Mrs. Charles Andrew, Mrs.
Gardner Watson, Mrs. John
Houser and Mrs. Malcolm Dean
returned home last Wednesday
from a two week tour which in
cluded lours in LasVagas, Nev.,
San Francisco, Calif., seven
days in Honolulu on the island
of Oahu, and visits to Kauai
and Maui Islands and the Is
land of Hawaii.
• * *
Mrs. Edward Mason was
joined by her brother, Jerry
Meadows and Mrs. Meadows
for a two week tour of the New
England States. They visited
their sister, Mrs. W. R. Davis
and family in Boston, Mass.,
before returning home Satur
day.
• * •
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mac M
ichael and family, Mrs. Wayne
Kessler and Doug Ramey of
Ohio. William Mac Michael of
Connecticut and Miss Phyllis
Colwell of Statesboro were the
house guests of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Colwell and family last
week. They were here to ob
serve the 53rd wedding annivers
ary of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Mac Michael, resi
dents of Bal Morra Apartments
on Sunday.
* • •
Mrs. Jane Terry and friends
from Alabama have returned
from a two week tour of the
New England States. On lour
they visited the Dutch Amish
Country in Pannsylvania, Ver
mont, New Hampshire, Maine,
Massachusetts, New York and
Washington, D. C.
HOUSTON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION tant Andy Talton. Boor was in Perry Monday to talk to
Chairman Stan Boor (left) goes over a detailed land use the Perry Rotary Club on the subject of land use in
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