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Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response

Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response

Condon-Rall, Mary Ellan
Center of Military History United States

Paperback

Vietnam War

ISBN10: 1505475120
ISBN13: 9781505475128
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 11 2014
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.35 Width: 7.01 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response is a powerful story of pain, terror, pride, courage, and compassion. It celebrates the magnificent spirit of the men and women who make up America's military community.This work describes the Army's exceptionally effective response to the tragic events on 23 March 1994 at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. On that day a large number of Army paratroopers from nearby Fort Bragg had assembled in an area adjacent to the airstrip known as Green Ramp, preparing to board a transport that would carry them aloft for a training parachute jump. They never made that j ump. Shortly after 1400 hours two aircraft attempted to land simultaneously at Pope. The resulting crash produced a massive fire that brought death or injury to more than a hundred paratroopers- the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the 82d Airborne Division since World War II.You will recognize the troopers, doctors, medics, chaplains, volunteers, and family members who triumphed over tragedy; some by name, but most by type. They are, in truth, much like you and me- essentially ordinary people cast in extraordinary roles by fate. What they shared was a fierce loyalty to one another.

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