A Study of Typical Parachute Injuries Occurring in Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Jumps at the Parachute School

C. Donald Lord and James W. Coutts

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1944;26:547-557.

 

Info Related to Training Injuries at Ft. Benning

 

The attached July 1944 article relates to a study of the injuries occurring during four stages of training during the same period when some of the 517th and related units were going through training and are the objects of this effort.

 

Additional information on the Selection of the Parachutist is detailed in follow-on observations during the actual training.

 

Perhaps some of our soldiers suffered a "Silent Fracture" to the Fibula during training.

 

Looking forward to meeting you at the DC reunion.