STORIES
Raymond Federman
CYRANO OF THE REGIMENT
The 82ndAIRBORNEDIVISIONitcanf!.ofly akite!
That 'swhat I
kept telling myself.
But nonetheless I was a member of that tough
gutsy glorious spitshined outfit , and like it or not (LADIES
&
GENTLEMEN!) I have 27 jumps behind me!
27 parachute jumps! That'ssomething Isn'tit?
A bit scared at first but it 's normal in the beginning.
You get used to it!
You hang on in spite of the pain
the fear
and the butterflies
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But then there is
the training .
Ah! what tremendous training! What preparation! Just in
case .
The thousands and thousands of PUSH UPS ass stifflike a
trampoline UP
&
DOWN give me 15 give me 20 give me
30 on the doub le
But
now I had it-above and beyond the head-I had it (up to here).
And yet it was not that bad (after all) if one
considers
if one
reflects a bit on all the advantages all the privileges of this kind of
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