It's Movie Night: Airborne

Day 1,303, 18:02 • Published in USA USA • by George Armstrong Custer
Your USAirborne Presents

An All-Airborne Movie Night

Dateline: June 15, 2011 (Day 1,303)
Location: Field Dispatch; Behind Enemy Lines
Reporter: Private George Armstrong "Old Man" Custer


Tonight we are proud to present our first Movie Night sponsored by the USAirborne.
Our classic cartoons include another chapter in the life of Private Snafu, and a special Training Film short.
Videos featuring the 82nd Airborne and a documentary about the Airborne invasion of Normandy are topped off by the 1962 feature film, "Airborne."

Tonight's give-away is easy.
The fifth soldier from each branch of the USMilitary who posts a salute in the Comments section, wins his branch 50 Q5 tanks.

As always, Ctrl+Click on the links to watch the videos in a new browser Tab.



Private Snafu: Snafuperman -|- Bugs Bunny: Falling Hare


Department of Defense, 1948: The 82nd Airborne Division


Archival Research Catalog No. 65988 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-19674:
Normandy, The Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe


1945 United States Navy Training Film: (It's a Surprise!)


From IMDb: This so-so drama purports to tell the story of a new paratrooper in the 82nd division of the army. Eddie Slocum is a wet behind the ears kid who has dreams of becoming a paratrooper just like his Uncle Charlie. As is custom with movies like this, he meets up with a motley of crew members all from different backgrounds, like Rocky, the bully of the group, and Mouse, the uh, jive-talking "lover" of the group. Anyways, they all get put through exercises, and we get to follow them, and actually this is all very interesting.
Written and Directed by James Landis (who?), and starring a bunch of people nobody knows, from 1962, Airborne.


Announcement:
The give-away fund is getting low. Between tonight's 300 tanks and the 700 tanks expected to be given away with Friday's Challenge Coins III presentation, the well will be dry.
Send donations of your excess production or cash overflow directly to me, I do keep track and don't use them for myself. I'll acknowledge your contribution in the paper, and I give tanks to USMilitary soldiers and branches. Pretty straightforward proposition.

Post Script Edit: Way ta go, ma'am!
Bia Pandora has transfered 300 USD to your account.
"...sent to help the cost of tanks for promotions."

Listen up, readers! It's just that easy! And you know you see exactly where your contributions are going. Just 20 minutes after publication, 50 Q5 tanks went out to the National Guard. By the end of the night 300 Q5 tanks will be given out!


Kinda gets ya... right there... don' it?

If you want to join the any branch of the USMilitary, the Training Corps is the place to start.

Here's the USAirborne application. Minimum Strength 1800; Barehanded Hit 800; High Activity



USAirborne Private George Armstrong Custer
Member; JCS Public Relations Department

Recommended Reading:
*The familiar row of avatars linking to newspapers is being redeveloped.
USMilitary writers, send me the link to your newspapers which are dedicated (or mostly) to your USMilitary branch.

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