GERMAN TROOPS
PARACHUTE LANDINGS When a nwn lands by parachute his blood pressure is low and his nerves unstrung, and lie is not an effective figlitev for a few minute^, Mr L. G. Diamond, parachute expert, declared recently in an Australian Department of Information national broadcast. He said the man with long training might recover quickly, but a fully-equipped soldier, compelled to jump to face ari armed foe on enemy territory, was in a vastly different position from the man who baled out with everything in his favour. "We must not disregard the vnenace of the armed parachutist," he added, "but we must remember also that for the first few minutes after landing lie is probably too busy wondering if Jie has come to earth with a whole skin to bother putting Jiple.'l into us. That-is Ihe time to: tile defenders to put in the boot."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 215, 20 September 1940, Page 6
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146GERMAN TROOPS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 215, 20 September 1940, Page 6
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