Bollinger Participates
In Paratroop Airdrop
SPECIAL TO THE HERALD
STE. MERE-EGLISE, France
-- Forty-four years ago, the peo-
ple of this anonymous sleepy
French village woke to the drone
of scores of radial airplane
engines, while the flash and
crack of German anti-aircraft
fire blasted a hellish carnival
show in the early morning air.
Floating down under mushroom
canopies and gossamer lines
came the long awaited salvation-
-American airborne soldiers
were landing and bringing with
them the long promised libera-
tion of the hed gerow packed pro-
vince of Normandy. It was
D-day, June 6, 1944.
To commerorate the historic
event, more than 270 soldiers
from the Army’s 325th Airborne
Combat Team recently
parachuted into the same
hedgerowed fields their airborne
forefathers did 44 years earlier.
Recreating a piece of history,
Sgt. Guy D. Bolinger, 30, son-in-
law of Cecil and Alma G. Put-
nam, 3331 Davis Ave., Charlotte,
took part in this operation, which
was the largest U.S. paratroop
airdrop in France since World
War II. :
“It was interesting being part
of the anniversary of D-day.”
said Bolinger, a food service
specialist with the combat
team’s Headquarters Company.
“I didn’t know how much the air-
borne had to do with the invasion
until now. I enjoyed the public
support and the way the people
treated us. I enjoy the chance to
see other countries.”
Based in Vicenza, Italy, the
325th Airborne Combat Team’s
lineage is traced to the airborne
armada that dropped
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paratroopers and guided gliders
into the drop and landing zones
behind the beaches of Normandy
on D-day. When these present-
day paratroopers jumped into
Normandy on June 5, they had to
deal with many of the same
hazards airborne soldiers con-
tended with in 1944. This time,
however, there were only friend-
ly French soldiers and Normans
to greet them, not occupying
Germans.
“We had several difficulties on
this jump, from the cows in the
fields to water-filled ditches and
people standing in the way,”
said Bolinger.
After the airborne troops
jumped from their aircraft and
landed, they formed up their pla-
toons and marched between the
hedgerows lining the road
leading to Ste. Mere-Eglise, one
of the same routes used by U.S
paratroopers during the inva-
sion. According to this airborne
soldier, the march was a time for
reflection and pride in his unit’s
unique place in America’s
military.
“I joined the airborne because |
my father and brother were air-
borne,” said Bolinger. “I feel
that until you’ve jumped from an
airplane, you have’nt lived. It’s
great.”
Many Frenchman were on
hand to welcome the return of
U.S airborne forces to Norman-
dy’s soil. Some of the original
soldiers who took part in the in-
vasion and members of the
French resistance tgold stories
to the modern-day warriors
about the bleak days of the Ger-
man occupation and the bloddy
fighting that wreaked havoc,
death, and destruction over most
of the countryside.
“It’s a very big emotion to see
some of the old (American and
British) soldiers who invaded
Normandy to free us,” said
Claude H uard, a resident of
Caen, in eastern Normandy, and
a member of the French
resistance. ‘‘I was caught by the
Gestapo in July of 1943 and ended
up in the Dauchau work camp.
What kept up alive was the hope
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Wednesday, July 13, 1988-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 5B
Calvin Greene Enlists
In U.S. Navy Program
Calvin B. Greene recently
enlisted in the United States
Navy for guaranteed training at
the Navy’s Boiler Technician
“A” School.
Greene, the son of Targe and
Betty F. Wofford of Route 4,
Kings Mountain, is a 1981
graduate of Kings Mountain High
School. Enlisting under the
Delayed Entry Program, Greene
will report to Recruit Training
Center Great Lakes, Illinois, in
November for active duty, where
he will undergo eight weeks
basic training.
Following basic training,
Calvin will begin 12 weeks of
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paratrooper about a monument dedicated to soldiers killed in the
area around Ste. Mere-Eglise, France, during the liberation of Nor-
mandy. Bolinger took part in the 325th Airborne Combat Team ac-
tivities in and around Ste. Mere-Eglise, during events commer-
morating the 44th anniversary of D-day on June 6, 1944. (U.S. Army
(inside the Medicenter Bldg.)
Bessemer City, NC
Hrs: Thurs.-Fri. noon-9 pm
Sat. 10-4 pm 629-3636
photo by Staff Sgt. Richard D. Glynn)
that we knew the Americans
would come and liberate us. And
they did come and we
remember. For a very long time
our young people didn’t know
what they owed to the
Americans and the British but
fortunately, that is changing
now.”’
Like their airborne
predecessors 44 years ago, the
paratroopers of the 325th Air-
borne Combat Team had their
work cut out for them during the
unit’s busy three-day operation
in Normandy. However, instead
of trading gunfire with Germans,
the American troops traded
toasts and souvenirs with their
French hosts during banquets
feting the soldiers and at
ceremonies paying homage to all
Allied soldiers who died during
the invasion.
“France is beautiful and the
people are very friendly,” said
Bolinger.
Bolinger and his wife, Cynthia,
have two children: Danielle, 13,
and Crystal, 8.
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Interested parties can obtain
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Students in public and nonpublic
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It’s A Boy
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Lan-
caster of York, S.C., formerly of
Kings Mountain, announce the
arrival of a son, Wesley David,
June 20, Mercy South Maternity
Center in Pineville.
Mrs. Lancaster is the former
Deborah G. Hammond, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Ham-
mond of Pelzer, S.C.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh A. Lancaster of
Kings Mountain. Great-
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Paul A. Lancaster of Kings
Mountain.
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From Page 4-B
Bobby and Nancy Wilson and
sons, Andy and Mark, went to
Mount Mitchell on July 4th and
came back telling about the
wonderful 48-degree. weather
they enjoyed while picknicking
and walking the nature trails. -
Justin and Jacob Wilson, sons
of Ben and Jeanette Wilson,
visited last week with their
grandparents, Bobby and Betty
Bates at Mill Spring N.C.
Barbara and Henry Wilson of
Chestnut Ridge Church enjoyed a
vacation in Hawaii last week. We
hope they’ll teach some of us the
“hula.”
Winners from each division
will be named at the state level in
March 1989. NASA will announce
the national winners in each divi-
sion and the orbiter’s name in
May 1989.
Representatives of the national
winning teams will receive an
expense-paid trip to a NASA-
related event, and a School In-
volvement Program will be con-
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The new orbiter, currently
designated OV 105, is being built
to replace the Challenger and is
scheduled to be completed in
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