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Ordered to tho plane to refuel and propare for immediste take-off on’ schedule to ‘ Romo. qhere were of fickal-looking gents ad over the place, alot of then FBI ren , Limagins. ‘Finally, this courier type guy boarded tim plane mafave the small white pouch to the stewardess that I allowed to.remain to be the interpreter, “Oh, and last tut not least tha chutes. The dough seemed in order; kt only weighed about 20 lbs. Wo took off about 7:30. Right on schedule , my schedule. . This Lfnere the tining csme in, Yade the stewardess enter the captain's cockpit. Can you inagin, that fancy dec, when I first handed her tho note and declared myself, actually thought I wanted a piece of her instead of the action. She got so she treated me with a Little more respect, or should J say, fear, That's the way a man should treat a women, under him, You give then much quarter enc theyll stomp on you. Well, back to that night. I got what Little crew was left, four to be exact, up front. Oh, the instructims given to the crew upon taking off were to leave the flaps dowr at 15°, unlatch the passenger door, to level of f at 7,000 ' and to not exceed 95 knots, ' They were also told the Lattituée-longitude course to take. X had everything h thought out, ~ edless to sy. Ive been arcwn planes before md Xtve nade drops before, plenty of then and not just in Viet Naa. Was 2a moke fighter once. And I knew tho drop-out area like the palm of my hand. For soveral weeks I practiced preci~ sion dropping at the Crehards Chute Landing Area. in SW iachington. and for all you'll ever know { might have had kin or sonebody in the area, night I not? + Well, back to the story because this is where the action got fierce. Figured X hed 30 to LS minutes before rack fy he Grop, lots to cd. taking my hunting knife out I slashed up a secondary chute ond strapped the noney around ry Waist. Put ny long flashlight and K rations about my person, Ch, and J had a 38 revolver which I never nad to flash. md then the bie job. To cieck out the main chute, That Was awkward tut I had been practicing that too trying to cut down my tine. J had to rush that a little but thatts the chames you take. Defused the Gynanite, opened the door and tossed it out. Repacked the main chute, strapped it on ry back, put the reserve chute on HY chest which I learned afterwards had been sewn shut. That’s a laugh. They nust DB Cooper-320 ; ween . ~"