My first jump was in Milton, Florida, on 3 September 1967, a week or so after returning from RVN with 1st Brigade 101st ABN DIV.  I was assigned to the 82nd AES Co as a parachute rigger and Capt Jim Garvey D-230, was my commander and jumped with him in Ft Lee, Virginia, while attending parachute rigger school along with a couple of Navy guys, Jim Peck B-6593 UDT and Dave(?) Wilson a SEAL Team member, also attending rigger school.  I accepted a special assignment duty at the 82nd Sport Parachute Club as one of their club riggers and parachutist instructors in June 1968 with Gary Barrick C-5129, and boss Nolan “Bo” Bowling C-3134, 82nd SPC manager.  I remember many of the jumpers at Ft Bragg including some of those listed in this guest book, the Army Team and the other clubs on Ft Bragg.  Bob Horn XVIII Corps, Jean Paul Thacker SF, Bill Jones D-924 and Tom Eddins C-6900 from Shaw AFB SPC would come up with their group and jump C-130’s with us and we’d travel to Sumter for a weekend and gang up at Bill’s house for some true southern hospitality.  Capt Gardner (SAS) D-1922 & UK D-113, Don Taufer D-2067, Philip Flynn D-190, Mr “Ed” Avery D-1662, CMD SM Henry Belton SF D-633, Maj “D” Dillon C-3501, Al Fitzwater D-964, Coy McDonald D-70, Chuck Parsons B-7065, Ron Tavalero B-7066, , Dennis Lauziere C-5163, and Bill Knotts a private pilot that jumped and flew for club members, were pretty much regulars at the 82nd SPC and would join us on jump days.  I met Curt Hughes with Garvey and Flynn at the Capitol Parachute Co in Fayetteville when he and others were in the early developing stages of a Delta (?) Wing.  There were so many others that were important to sky diving in the Carolina’s that passed through the 82nd SPC.  I left the Army February 1969 after 3 years and retired as a civilian parachute rigger and fabric worker after 36 years with the US Air Force at Tyndall AFB, Florida, on 2 January 2007.  Frank Dodd B-195 signed my last jump on 29 May 1977, ending my jumping career at 210.  I've jumped in North & South Carolina, Virginia, and the Florida Panhandle with a few jumps in south Florida at Posey's Patch in Boynton Beach and some good times were had at the Keg on the beach in Boca Raton.

Donald Fox B-7016;  C-5355

donlfox@knology.net

Panama City, Florida

Does anybody do style and accuracy anymore? What ever happened to susie joerns?