What good are they now?
Conversation, I guess.
'll bet not many, and can tell you why if pressed.
Last one to answer will give me 50 pushups.
AIR PORTABLE CCKW
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joel gopan
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AIR PORTABLE CCKW
Remember to use term "Air Portable", am sure Airborne types would have something smart to say.
What good are they now?
Conversation, I guess.
'll bet not many, and can tell you why if pressed.
Last one to answer will give me 50 pushups.
What good are they now?
Conversation, I guess.
'll bet not many, and can tell you why if pressed.
Last one to answer will give me 50 pushups.
44 MB 356378- 54 M-38A1-41 CCKW 352-51 M-37-42TW6-45MBT-43 M1 BOMB LIFT (WEAVER)- RECORD SETTING HONOR GRADUATE Wheeled Vehicle Mechanics School, U.S. ARMY 1960 - US ARMY ORDNANCE SCHOOL 1962 - MVPA 1064 - RED BALL CHAPTER - PHONY VETERAN HEADHUNTER - ARMY FIXED & ROTARY WING MECHANIC/CREWCHIEF-STILL FIT WARBIRD COCKPITS
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42cckw
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I have a 88 year old veteran friend who served in the motorpool 43rd division South Pacific, he has told me all about them ( Air Portable ) trucks that were flown into New Guinea in Dakota's they were cut in half by torch and he had to weld them back together he just looked at me with a real serious face and said you know they really did do that, we were so far back in the jungle that was the only way to get the trucks to us 
he just looked at me with a real serious face and said you know they really did do that, we were so far back in the jungle that was the only way to get the trucks to us -
joel gopan
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The C-47s of the 317 TCG "Jungle Skippers" did just that in the Phillipines.
44 MB 356378- 54 M-38A1-41 CCKW 352-51 M-37-42TW6-45MBT-43 M1 BOMB LIFT (WEAVER)- RECORD SETTING HONOR GRADUATE Wheeled Vehicle Mechanics School, U.S. ARMY 1960 - US ARMY ORDNANCE SCHOOL 1962 - MVPA 1064 - RED BALL CHAPTER - PHONY VETERAN HEADHUNTER - ARMY FIXED & ROTARY WING MECHANIC/CREWCHIEF-STILL FIT WARBIRD COCKPITS