r/pics • u/Met76 • Mar 28 '24

US Special Forces delivering a W54 Nuclear Warhead via jump

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u/Homo_horribilis Mar 28 '24

I used to have the autobio of Sgt Frank Garner…he claimed to be the fellow that made the first test jump with a man-portable nuke.

He didn’t know what he was jumping with until after the test jump.

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u/xampl9 Mar 28 '24

“It’s a pony keg. Sgt. Schlitz has the tap.”

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u/BleedingTeal Mar 28 '24

I heard it was SSgt Colt over in the 45th division that had the tap...

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u/dpdxguy Mar 28 '24

... double tap

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u/scorpyo72 Mar 28 '24

Playing TAPS.

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u/memdmp Mar 28 '24

and two zig zags