Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....GIBBS, SGT ELZIE September 23, 1944
WWII - Enlistment U.S.ARMY PARATROOPERS
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SGT GIBBS WINS WINGS AND BOOTS AS PARATROOPER
FORT BENNING, GA. SEPT.24
 SGT ELZIE GIBBS SON OF MRS W A GIBBS OF RTE 2,CORDELE,GA.,HAS WON THE RIGHT TO WEAR
INGS AND BOOTS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY PARATROOPERS. HE HAS COMPLETED FOUR WEEKS
OF JUMP TRAINING DURING WHICH TIME HE MADE FIVE JUMPS, THE LAST A TACTICAL JUMP AT
NIGHT INVOLVING A COMBAT PROBLEM ON LANDING.
 JUMPING AR RHE PARACHUTE SCHOOL HAS BEEN STEADILY DEVELOPED TO A RECOGNIZED WAR
SCIENCE. AMERICAN PARATROOPERS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE WRLD FOR THEIR
MERITORIOUSACTIONS AGAINEST THE ENEMY. 
 IN ADDITION TO PRODUCING JUMPERS, PARACHUTE SPECIALIST TRAINING IS GIVEN TO
QUALIFIED MEN IN COMMUNICATIONS, DEMOLITION, RIGGERS,AND PARACHUTE MAINTANENCE,VITAL
SKILLS FOR AIRBORNE TROOPS. 

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