Water Survival Training at Yellow Wood Lake, Brown County, Indiana (sure to give Jack Roberts Chills up and down his spine) |
The
Dreaded "Tower" |
"There appeared on the bulletin
board a notice that I dreaded, but knew it had to happen. We were
scheduled to take a survivor training exercise which consisted of
jumping off a tower into a lake. On camp site there was a small lake
where a tower was built over the water itself and had a steep ramp
running from the tower top platform to the ground level. Each soldier,
dressed in full gear with back pack, carbine, etc., was required to
climb the ramp to the top of the tower, then jump some twenty feet
into the water below and swim to shore.
From the memoirs of John M. Roberts, 106th Infantry 1944 Camp Atterbury Platform. Compliments 81st Engineers. |
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![]() James D. West www.IndianaMilitary.org jimdwest@centurylink.net |