Fort Bragg, North Carolina
October 3rd - 12th, 1961
Part of Project "WARN" [We Are Ready Now]
 Army brass witnessed a combat-readiness demonstrations by the Army and the Technical Air Command.
Among the demonstrations was a 306 man parachute drop by the 101st Division from Ft. Campbell, KY.
JFK's reaction to the Rocket Belt? According to a report in the Buffalo Evening News, "Mr. Kennedy was described by an Army Officer sitting near him as 'wide eyed and open mouthed - just like a kid' ".

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"Half the Way to JFK"

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"Support Facilities & Staff"


A rare color shot

Life Mag.; Oct. 20, 1961; p. 54-55
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Buffalo Evening News  Friday Oct. 13, 1961

We traveled by "Caribou". Here we are unloading the belt in its dolly [between the plane and the truck]


at Fayetteville / Grannis Field [FAY], NC.

The Fayetteville [NC] Observer
Friday, Oct. 13, 1961