What it's like for an Army Paratrooper to step into the air over a drop zone 

Go on… stories from a 104 year old ww2 vet is rare nowadays. Try to get as much info out of him as possible. I’m sure he has TONS of stories to share that would be gladly looked upon by historians.

@@LeCarneAsadamy cousin’s great grandpa jesse marion masters was in auschwitz concentration camp when he was 11. the germans killed his parents because they thought they were jewish but they were not jewish. the guards of the camp forced him to cook and skin rabbit but instead of him doing that he’d find rats and feed that to the guards lol. somehow he escaped and went to europe somewhere then came here to the united states. he first fought the polish underground or something like that but after that in one of his battles he was shot in the neck with a gun but it did not fall him he ended up running at the guy who shot him and scalped him because he was on a rampage of them killing his parents. the weapon he used to scalp the enemy is at his daughters house right now. also he slit a guy throat and threw him down a hole. when he fought the koreans the koreans (i think koreans) would stay up in trees and shoot down at moving enemies. jesse though, he would be very stealthy and silent and wait near trees. the koreans would get sleepy and a branch would move because the dozed off and jesse and his mates knew instantly where the koreans were in the tree. he passed away from cancer but he had it like 9 times and beat them all before his passing in 2009. he even beat brain cancer my father said. but later on in life cancer got him back and he passed. he was 81 or so. his highest achieved rank was master sergeant and got a purple heart medal i think alive? not sure how it works. you can find his online obituary by looking up the name jesse marion masters. his real name was zdzislaw marian modrzejewski. he was born in lodzkie poland in 1928.

Jesus 104. Most men don't make it to 60. He was basically born a second time at his half point.

@@LeCarneAsada I didn’t ask him for stories since it was loud where I was and again he was 104. I went up and said “Thank you for your service sir” and asked him where he was stationed during the war and he just said he was stationed in The Europe Theater for 3 years. Insane to think he might’ve been around some the guys from Band Of Brothers!

All the while getting flak guns fired at you im sure it was a sight to see and one we hope doesnt happen soon

Hey metaglytpto, there is a typo in your comment.. it should read "i wont do that again!"

What does the initial 6 seconds feel like?

@@aaronmcamis5950 total chaos, actually it's 4 Seconds until your chute deploys open.

@@jackdaniel7465 yeah I caught that when I jumped. Faster with an MC6

@@aaronmcamis5950 All good buddy!!

Yes WW2 weren’t good in 1939-1945 because a lot of people died approximately 66,000,000 people died I think

​@@Constance_Igobro what

​@@Constance_Igoit was more than a year.

Why would I wanna remember a whole bunch of innocent people dying for no reason.

@@wescald History is history. Ignoring any part of it just leads to the same mistakes.

you are trained to do it so this actual jump isnt that bad.

@@spartacus3246 that doesn’t mean that you’re still not thinking “I’m jumping out of a freaking airplane”😂 that’s like saying because you trained for war you’re not at all scared of dying. You can’t just turn off your survival instincts dude

​@@AnthonyBlamthonyAgain, you are trained to do it.

@@AnthonyBlamthonyThat’s not the same thing at all. Jumping out like this is not a situation of life and death. And even if it was a deployment where there would be a risk of death it still wouldn’t be the same since you’re afraid of dying from being shot or something else and not from the jump itself.

It’s actually really fun

Being number 1 in the door is the best position as you get a good exit, less chance of a rivet count and less chance of a collision with a member of the opposite stick if due to bad despatching.on my basic para, the day I turned 22 years the PJI was most considerate that day putting me to jump first.

Can’t comment on behalf of paratroopers albeit my grand dad was also a para in ww2, but as skydiver I always hated most going last. Those planes are stinky noisy machines I couldn’t wait to leave. Going first, for skydivers, is typically also safest and the view is actually very nice.

@@tomxaakyeah but if you’re going first you’re a belly bitch the back is where all the fun stuff happens

I'd prefer to be first survival wise... I would guess it would take an enemy a few seconds to realise what was happening, by that time you could be a good bit further towards the ground when they opened fire.

@@Haze1434 yeah i guess if they're deaf that could work

I got out in '95. I miss my brothers and the adrenaline. I do not miss the stoooooopid.

Question what is the purpose of this training?

Were the landings as painful as this looked lol this made my herniated disc hurt

where did you paratroop? or was it just always training

@@stevenpaynter4215 nope. 509th down at Polk.

AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY! FURY FROM THE SKY! 🪂🪂🪂🪖🪖🪖🎖🎖🎖🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻💯💯💯

@@xander2541 hell yeah Airborne!

1/319 here. I think it still exist. Tho I just found out yesterday they changed Bragg to liberty??? Lmao.Tens & tens of Millions $$$ for nothing!👎

@@newagain9964 I know. Damn I know brother. I was with USASFC. Bounced around SF groups. I really wish they would renamed Bragg to the US Federal Army of our Civil War

@@newagain9964 1/319th 3BCT 82nd ABN is the unit that kicked me out for possession of a handgun 🫣😳😩🙄🫤😔 was a good soldier, deployed to Afghanistan 🇦🇫, was E4, wanted to be SGT and become a Jumpmaster asap after making SGT, wanted to go SF but “good soldiers don’t make mistakes” my leadership

I went to Vietnam , helped save many POW's in 73 , now its my turn to be a good Dad

sounds like a shite life

Respect to the both of you❤️

Your father bore scars to save a country he likely hadn't ever been to, until dropping in as one of its liberators. The courage to be there was more than many will ever have a chance to exhibit. Bless your dad

He was.

I'm sorry for your loss, Man, idk how i would Feel if my Best friend would die, or my brother. Probably heartbroken. R.I.P. Darrel

I know that feeling. Not with a best friend tough, but I can imagine how hard it must be. RIP Darrel

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RIP to your buddy

God bless

Made me really happy when I saw the different nationalities as well! Nice work!

NATO

@@Tay12345N.A.T.O N-not A-a T-tiddy O-onboard

and Portuguese!

Oh shit didnt realise, this drop made me think of a Bridge Too Far. The Arnhem museum is criminally small and under-visited for how large and significant MarketGarden operation was

Thank you for sharing your great grandpa’s amazing story ❤

Crazy how every ww2 vet says they were a paratrooper, i’ll bet he never left basic 😂

Crazy how no one asked for your backstory.​@@DrPeculiar312

you're great grand father. my step father. time is flying!!

Every now and then you read a RU-vid comment that you know is full of shit. This ain't that.

The unknown?? Calm down, most jumps would be practice jumps into farmland like the video. This isnt D Day. Also they are paid a wage, there is no obligation

hey, thanks for the sage words@@shaneoballs

Would love the opportunity to be drafted to fight bill gates mosquito robot army. That’s the only threat you losers really have in the modern era

How are they being conditioned/trained before their first? I jumped right into a cloud once that was insane, just the white void below me

@@shaneoballs Just noticed your stupid reply! Clearly you’ve never parachuted otherwise you would know that when you step off you really have no idea of what will happen!

I jumped with the 1/509 th. in Vicenza back in the early 80s, then again when the unit changed to the 4/325 th. jumping in Germany, Italy, Greece, Belgium, and many other NATO countries, and the wind did the same thing, in northern Italy all the time, went on to 1/75 Rangers in Georgia but it never happened there RLTW !!!

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Made in Heaven

@way75mit9 Thank you for your service, I really do appreciate it. My great grandfather was in the 509th in WWII during the North African Campaign. After the NA Campaign, he was assigned to the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment which had been assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (of the 82nd Airborne) throughout the duration of the war, and he jumped into Sicily. After the Germans and Italians surrendered the island, he was then sent back to England to prepare for Operation Overlord when he was transferred to the 101st Airborne and jumped into Normandy, and later jumped into Holland. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge and Western Germany. He had made 4 combat jumps during the war. He survived and passed away in 2006.

At night, under fire, from planes that were flying too fast and/or too low, and nowhere near where they were supposed to be. An ironic thing is that the drops were so badly scattered that German command didn't believe initial reports because they were coming from everywhere, plus we had dropped fake para-dummies that had been found and identified as such, so the Germans were fooled by a near catastrophe.

Panama was pretty intense. Some of the planes came back with holes. Pilots dropped too late or too early. My unit was dropped in the swamp. That was 1 bronze star in the risers. Meet a WW2 vet with 4 bronze stars on his jump wings. Damn.

They do that on purpose in AS, any opportunity where they can add in some leg strengthening exercises they will 😂.

did the VA tell you that your knee pain was non-service related?

How did your officers react to the landing ? I would of been amused and impressed myself

How are your knees? Edit: No , genuinely...How are the knees , no joke. Do you feel any serious wear on them from so many landings?

Can't expect much from the old T-10s.

I went to jump school in 1971and jumpmaster school in 1979.

Thank you for your service, folks!

We probably in the 82nd Airborne at the same time I graduated Airborne School in June of '87 and went straight to the 82nd Airborne Division airborne

I can't remember what company I was in. It was right after basic and AIT, but we had that crazy "Charlie Mike" guy for a BC. He joined us a couple of PT runs and then he would always mention his book. I think he wanted us to buy a copy. And of course who remembers the "Hidden Door?" I loved jump school.@@shawnr771

Laughing that's a good one lol

Ha, we probably bumped shoulders when I was outprocessing in 86, 1st/505th, and then did 3 years with 1St/75thRgt.

Had to look at a calendar. I went jump school in middle of May. Then went to 82nd in June. Ended up on Graves street A co. 2/505 PIR and was there for 4 years. @@Fishslayer007

damn your dad must be from the future we havent even had ww3 yet and he fought in ww11

I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War XI will be fought with water gun......ALBERT EİNSTEİN

@@ozanguner658 He didnt say that

I think it’s WW II. The roman numerals are replaced by 11

@@pragyanmohanty8417 woooooooshh! that's the sound of the joke flying over your head

Germans looks like

I was wondering about the full beard then I saw the German colors.

There are Italians, Germans and Dutch as far as I can tell

Amen! Got my Honduran jump wings like that :: clears throat :: Not that the United States has ever had troops in Honduras, of course :: coughs ::

@@MarcillaSmith i actually lived there for few years in comayagua

Indeed. Seems like fun there but no so much fun when you’re being fired at by the enemy, or jumping at night I would imagine.

With 1940's gear as well.

Geez

It seems surreal thinking about that. And they were kids also back then

What’s the yellow straps for ? That’s connected to the plane

Only time I was #1 man was my first jump in school Quite the rush. I loved Chinook jumps.

I was in Cco 509th Pathfinders at Ft. Rucker in the 80s and then went to 1/75th. 90% of our blasts at Rucker were from choppers. I'm 60 years old now but at least once a day I think about those days!

Five jump chump here; was always back in the stick and didn't have to look out the door and contemplate. Probably a good thing. One minute your shuffling and the next your azz is out the door Lol. Those planes at Jump school were hot AF and packed full. Real quiet and cool when your were out. I'm big though so the peace only lasted about 45 seconds it seemed Lol

@@AW-zy1kw yeah, i was told in the air that heaviest goes first...wait... WHAT?!! pretty sure i made up some new swear words.

@@AW-zy1kw My first jump was in the door. I prefer to be in the middle of the stick so I’m closer to the bleachers or the rally point.

​@accelerationquanta5816L

I jumped a T-10 during the Panama Invasion December 1989 With the Rangers.

Good man! I was a civilian by then.@@RivetGardener

We were still jumping T-10D when I was in around 2008.

We had the T 10 a lot longer than you 🤣🤣🤣🇩🇪 German Army Para. 78-82. Glück ab. 👍🏼.

Wooooooooooooooooo. We still had T-10s when i went through jump school in 94. Delta Co. The Rock

What was the malfunction, and did someone figure out how to prevent it?

kitler

The same thing happened to my husband in 2000. Both of his parachutes failed. He doesn’t remember hitting the ground, but he amazingly somehow walked away from it. I think it has something to do with his weight 100# and 5’3” so pretty small. Today he is disabled. he started having neurological problems with his right side (side he landed on). Migraines, bone spurs, etc.

@@Sumermak oh, i am so sorry... as a 15 year old at home, tell your husband i appreciate him. im praying for him.

This was an international exercise including multiple countries. You can see the different flags on the soldiers's uniforms when they jump.

Those were sport jumpers or military guys on a non-military jump. The jumpmaster even had to be coached on the jump commands. A military jump is quite a bit different.

@@rascal0175 have you jumped before? there was nothing about this jump that was "non-military." the jumpmasters weren't being coached, they say a preparatory command to each other so that they're on the same page before saying the actual command.

@@a90_austin 3 years 82nd, 8 years Airborne Rangers, then SF MID.

@@rascal0175 then you know this is a typical military static line jump.

1/505 (1984) I wouldn't call them "perfectly good" aircraft! 🤪

The only people stopping you from being free are your government. Not some Taliban geezer or Russian. Don't get it mistaken.

I feel like you would love VR

Thank you for sharing this, the fear that guides you and necessarily doesn't need accomplishing. Wow, never thought of it in this way. Useful tool, ty.👍 ~Alaska

Not to mention yall get crew rest and the Army thinks 2 hours is enough 😂

@@FighteroftheNightman 12 hours of crew rest. And our own rooms on a TDY. Preferably in a beachfront hotel.

My brother was a hercy bird LM 23 years. I was never on the same AC with him, but we were in a flight of 3 once. I always thought it would be so cool to have my brother kick me out of an aircraft in-flight!

Training trains you 😂

I served with the 82nd Airborne division as an infantryman with 3rd Bn 325th Inf. What an incredible experience jumping, it was the landings that sucked alot of times because you hit the ground hard.

The landings were no joke.

It was a controlled crash at 18 to 22ft per second.

​@@jackdaniel7465q

nobody jumps out of an airplane- they instead step out of the jump plane. World of difference.

My gosh on the reserve!

Did you have to cut the reserve with a knife stashed in your boots ?

Whatever... no one cares.

@@inthedarkwoods2022 you replied. Are you retarded. You said no one cares

​@inthedarkwoods2022 jealous that you arent the center of attention? People like you are the worst

No. If you were in the 82nd then no, you would not want that again. Remember the hours and hours at Green Ramp?

@@RivetGardener Thankfully I was 1/75th and not 82nd.

Youth is wasted on the young. How sad.

True. Sometimes we waste precious time or opportunities. But maybe it is all part of the learning. (Even with the regret.)

@@RivetGardener Glad I read your post, man those hours at Green Ramp, however those naps I was able to take after all the checks were done we the best.

C-141! Now that's an airframe I've not heard about in a while. lol When I first got to Charleston AFB to work C-17s in the 90's, there were still some 141s there. Later, I remembered always seeing them taxiiing into the Boneyard at Davis-Monthan, in Az. The taxiiway passed by our Sq smokepit. We would all stand up, and render a salute to them as they went into the Boneyard. They served the country for decades, and deserved it.

I was at Benning in the early part of 77. I had some wild times in Columbus. Airborne!!!👍👍👍

​@@Chuck8541My dad was stationed at Charleston AFB in the 90's...small world! 🙂

Fort Benning, Georgia? They just recently changed the name to Fort Moore because the old name had Confederate origin

In 1981 I went to Fort Knox for 6-week Army ROTC. The Green Beret SSGT advisor for our platoon actually advised against going to jump school before being commissioned. He said if you’re injured as a cadet, you’re just out of the program (game over). But once you’re on active duty you’d be eligible for benefits for injuries in the line of duty.

He would’ve passed away on the anniversary of the Southern France Invasion’s D-day. I’m sorry to hear that you lost him. My dad passed away (along with my brother simultaneously) when I was 13 on 23 June, 2021.

RIP your father and His Service is much appreciated

Fallschirmjäger

Funny!😅

And it beats the heck out of being dragged while trying to collapse that sucker... :>)

For that extra $150 a month lol

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You can do a VR simulation of skydiving on an Oculus headset. It’s the best you will get without actually doing it.

Some things such as skydiving aren't for everyone.

​@@stevethompson3083or one of those indoor skydiving places

You can experience the landing by jumping off your roof. Its about the same.

It really isn’t that bad

Hell, I would have paid them to let me jump. It's really not bad at all, most of the time.

It’s so much fun. And an extra couple bucks on your paycheck

They do it for about $150 extra a month lol

I’m well aware

Thank them. My niece and her husband live near the jump zone and their kids love watching the planes fly over. Her husband was stationed there when they met and works there now as a contractor. Lots of respect in all of NC for Bragg and the 82nd.

Your son in law isn’t a Ranger if he’s in the 82nd.

@@cole3179, exactly he most likely went to Ranger school. Ranger school is just a leadership school with tab. You have to go through Ranger Assessment and Selection to get into Ranger Battalion and be a Ranger.

Ditto 2/325

I was with 1/508 too (1971) @ Bragg,,, Airborne All The Way

No, just darwin award nominees who are too stupid to know better

A rollercoaster is scarier man

@PhilsSpace I believe I served with you in C 3/505 PIR. If I remember right you was the 3rd Platoon Sargent when I was there. I would have to think long and hard to remember your name. But Phil is bringing back memories. I am sure you remember Corporal Mickel, Sargent Rucker, Private Nassar, etc…..

I graduated jump school in early 1989. Went to 4/325 AIR. Just Cause, Desert Storm/Shield.