Golden Knights Skydiver Forced to Cut His Main Parachute During Air Show Jump
Few attending the 2024 Selfridge Open House & Air Show may have noticed, but a member of a parachute team that performed Sunday had a problem in mid-air and was forced to use his reserve chute. That’s the word from the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who said the skydiver flawlessly cut off his original parachute […]
POW Gets a Pair of Jump Boots, the Best Gift a WWII Vet Could Want
ROCHESTER, Minn. — For Albert “Ken” Axelson, April 2 has always been a very special day. Axelson, a World War II combat medic, turned 21 on the same day he was liberated from a Nazi prisoner of war camp in 1945 in the waning months of the war. The two anniversaries have been intertwined ever […]
