Training For Paratroops
(N.Z Press Association) HAMILTON. Aug. 16 In the first paratroop course ever held in New Zealand, 12 men are making a 2200 ft leap twice a day at Rukuhia airport.
After a dozen jumps, the trainees, who came to Hamilton from Papakura Military Camp, will form a reserve force for the 30 New Zealand paratroopers now in Thailand.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29903, 17 August 1962, Page 12
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