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Old May 8th 04, 12:10 PM
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"Oh, you want us to jump from 800 feet with parachutes. That's fine."


This story was current in 1944, with the speaker being a Ghurka about
to be dropped behind Japanese lines in Burma. ("Oh, we get
parachutes!")

all the best -- Dan Ford
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