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Lloyd Anderson Email
09/06/07

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Such a warm feeling to see these pioneers in sport parachuting. I began jumping at a club located in Manville, NJ in 1965. While Lee Guilfoyle was involved with PI at Lakewood, his brothers were jumping, and instructing at Manville, NJ.

Having attended what was the undertaking to explore a professional parachutists association at the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas I had the good fortune to meet , and down a few with some of the celebrities of the day, and helping to shuttle the Golden Knights from the DZ, and to the jump plane.

You guys were very special people ( even if you did fight now and then) some now gone, but not forgotten.

Loy Brydon
Jim Henry Arender
Maxine Hartman
Russ Gunby
Mike Lyons
Suzie Clements
Lyle Cameron
Steve Snyder


Brave souls packing up Para Commanders, and Crossbows on the ground behind the Thunderbird, after a few rounds of  drinking games. LOL One could say the world has changed.
Thanks to all of you who treated a newbie, just like one of the gang.

Jerry Cederstrom Email
09/03/07

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B-1316, first jump in 61 in Livermore.  Majority of jumps at Elsinore and Santa Ynez.  Russ Wheeler helped me get my riggers license.  Stopped in the late 60's, about 150 jumps.  Made a tandem and assisted freefall in Lodi few years back.
Anyone know Rod White? was part of Cal Poly Parachute Club that I was associated with in the early 60's.

Scott Myers Email
07/29/07

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Wow! I stumbled onto stuff I haven't checked out since reading the old skydiving books from the 1960s Thanks for preserving the history of skydiving as it was back in the older days! Oh...I have skydived before, but it was a tandem jump in October 1999.

Bryan Arender Email
06/30/07

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I am Jim Arender 's cousin. My name is Bryan Arender. I remember him being on the back of Popular Mechanics magazene, when i was a little boy. The Golden Knights also have his name on their program. Would love to have his email address, where i can contact him.Jim, u made me proud to be a Arender!

Ranger Jerry Conners Email
04/20/07

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The Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav 1965-66 was awarded two Presidential Unit Citations for extraordinary heroism for their participation in the Battles of the Ia Drang (November 1965) and Nathan Hale (June 1966); conducted the historic FIRST night combat rappel; and DOD/MACV directed long range reconnaissance (LRRP) operations along the northern Cambodia and Southern Laos borders in the spring of 1966..."Laying Down FIRST Tracks in the Central Highlands".

RANGER Jerry Conners
Master Parachutist, Special Forces Weapons Expert, 101st Recondo
Chinese Bandit 13
http://www.geocities.com/d6566mustangs
http://www.geocities.com/d6566mustangs/history ... for more articles on the combat and reconnaissance patrols performed by the Chinese Bandits
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