"If you ever get the chance to jump out of an aircraft from 800 feet carrying almost 150 pounds of equipment with 2500 other guys into a crosswind gusting to 75 knots - don't try it. It's not as much fun as it sounds..." All the Way is the motto of the 82nd Airborne Division. It became Wayne Wood's creed. As a member of the elite 82nd Airborne Division in 1982, Wayne was assigned to participate in the largest Airborne Operation since World War II, Joint Training Exercise Gallant Eagle 82. What was meant to be a show of force after the humiliation of the Iran hostage crisis turned into the...
"If you ever get the chance to jump out of an aircraft from 800 feet carrying almost 150 pounds of equipment with 2500 other guys into a crosswind gus...