Show Paratroopers Invade Area For June 23 Maneuvers On June 23 about thirty-five thirty men will parachute in on Frank Pritchetts Pritchett's property near Indianola The drop will be visible from the main highway These men will be participating in the training maneuver of the Special Forces Group from Fort Douglas Once a year this group spends a week training This year Sanpete County has been selected se selected se- se for the test area Colonel Jack 1 assisted by Lt Colonel Earl Jones are in charge of the operation At 6 pm p.m. a helicopter will be at the Pritchett property to drop four or five men to test the winds aloft The main jump will be at pm p.m. when five aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft C troop carriers of the TC Squadron from Hill Air Force Base will arrive at 10 minute intervals to drop five to ten parachutists each These aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft will proceed through the valley around to Huntington where the rest of the men aboard will jump At Huntington Hunting- Hunting ton the jump is scheduled for approximately approximately approximately 7 pm p.m. The thirty-five thirty men who parachute at Indianola will do guerilla training in the mountains above Fairview and Mt Dit Pleasant and the thirty-five thirty men at H Huntington Hunt Hunt- nt- nt ington will work in the Mantis LaSall Manti-LaSall LaSall forest above Ephraim and Manti 1 Each man will be assigned a project to com com- corn com The work is centered around the assumption assumption assumption as as- as- as that San Sanpete te had been taken over by an aggressor Our country retaliates re- re re by parachuting men in to establish establish lish guerilla tactics in the area The Carbon Carbon Car Car- bon County jeep posse will pose as the aggressor It will be their job to capture these guerillas They will use jeeps and horses to scour the area in search of their enemy Food drops will be made at night to the men As the purpose of the work is for these men to remain unseen citizens are arc asked to report them if one is A special salute is certainly due to the Special Forces Group for their effort to be well trained and ready for duty when called |