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“Static Line” 11th Airborne newspaper
On 7 January 2021, I ran a post about the L-4 Grasshopper, the plane that most think of as a Piper Cub. This note was included…
“While some of the men were confined to fighting up in the mountains, the division’s newspaper called the Static Line, used a piper cub plane to drop bundles of the publication down to the men. This was the only news of the outside world that the troopers could receive. One day, a roll of the papers was dropped with a note attached addressing it: “To the girls, with the compliments of Art Mosley and Jack Keil, Phone Glider 3.” It was discovered later that the WAC camp received the roll meant for the 11th airborne.”
I located an issue of “Static Line” on the internet and wanted to share it. News included kept the men up to date on the war around the globe, home front news, Hollywood, Books, Sports, a cooking corner, Humor and even obituaries.
Here is the list of top 10 models. (Do you remember these names?)
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Military Humor –
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Farewell Salutes –
Richard Born – New Haven, CT; US Army Air Corps, WWII, ETO, 9th Air Force, B-26 pilot
William Denlinger – Gentry, AR; US Army Air Corps, WWII, POW
William Johns – Roeland Park, KS; US Army, WWII, PTO
Christian Koch – Honeoye Falls, NY; National Guard, Middle East, Chief Warrant Officer 4, pilot
Timothy Manchester – Austin, TX; USMC / National Guard, Kuwait, SSgt., 36th Infantry Division
Louis Monaco – Brooklyn, NY; US Navy, WWII, PTO, gunner’s mate 2nd Class, USS San Francisco
Walter Pasiak – Scranton, PA; US Army, WWII, PTO, MSgt., Pearl Harbor survivor, Bronze Star, Purple Heart / Korea, Silver Star, (Ret. 22 y.)
Daniel Prial – Rochester, NY; National Guard, Afghanistan, Chief Warrant Officer 2, pilot
Steven Skoda – Rochester, NY; National Guard, Afghanistan, Chief Warrant Officer 5, pilot
Eleanor Wadsworth (103) – Bury St. Edmonds, ENG; Air Transport Auxiliary, WWII, pilot