JACK MARTZ

WE ALSO DROPPED A LOT OF PLADS AT POPE IN THE MID 60'S..YOU DEFINATELY HAD TO KEEP YOUR BIG KNIFE HANDY.. EVERYTHING WAS ELECTRICAL, SQUIBS NEVER SEEMED TO FIRE

WE WERE FLYING A LATER MISSION THAT DAY, CAN STILL REMEMBER THAT WAS A HOT TOPIC AT DEBRIEFING THAT NIGHT AND YOU WERE RIGHT, THERE WERE GREAT TIRE MARKS ON THE RUNWAY FOR WEEKS

I DIDN'T THINK WE USED BLACK LETTERING THAT EARLY IN THE CONFLICT

IN SEA WE LEARNED TO LOAD LIGHT TO HEAVY AND YOU ALWAYS HAD A SLIGHT NOSE UP ATTITUDE

THAT WAS AWESOME, FORGOT WHAT IT WAS LIKE

I GUESS WE'RE ALL A LITTLE OLD THESE DAYS, WAS CCK JAN 68-SEPT69. 776TH ILM. WELCOME

GARY PATE AND I WENT TO TECH SCHOOL (SHEPPARD) TOGETHER. GOOD FOR HIS FAMILY TO HAVE SOME CLOSURE AFTER SO LONG.. REST IN PEACE BROTHER

YES, it is true. While at CCK in 1969 we were discussing that incident and I said it probably wasn't true. This one big load said it was and I asked how he knew that. He replied because it was me! I forget the guys name, but he was in the 776th some time during 1969.

WE DID THAT ALL THE TIME ON LOW-LEVEL PENATRATIONS AT POPE, REALLY GOT EVERYONE'S ATTENTION WHEN YOU OPENED THE BAG AND STARTED EATING. MIGHT HAVE BEEN ME I WAS AT CCK 68-69

JACK MARTZ 776 TAS

:) WHEN THEY STOPPED LANDINGS AT KHE SANH MID JAN 68, WE DID CDS. ALTITUDE WAS APPROX 500 FT . WE DID THE BALISTIC TESTS AT POPE IN 65-66. WHEN TAPE GATE WAS CUT LOAD WAS CONFIGURED SO MAIN CANOPY DEPLOYED AND BUNDLE TOOK 1/2 TUMBLE THEN HIT GROUND. IT WAS PRETTY ACCURATE. OF COURSE I'M MUCH OLDER AND THE MEMORY ISN'T COMPLETLY GONE. AT POPE WE PRACTICED WITH RAILROAD TIES.