[The following takes place during simulated parachute drops during World War II.]
It was hot, stifling inside the C-47, and the heated air rising in currents from the hills cause the plane to bob and weave. Cpl. Denver “Bull” Randleman, at the back of the stick and thus farthest from the open door, began vomiting into his helmet. The man in front of him took one look and lost his lunch. The process worked right up the line. Not everyone managed to vomit into his helmet; the floor war awash in vomit, the plane stank. Christenson, at the front, was hanging on, but barely. “My stomach was on the verge of rebellion… ‘Why don’t they turn on the green light? There it is!’ From behind, shouts of ‘Go!’ ‘Go! Goddamn it, Go!’ Out I went into the clean, fresh air. I felt as if someone had passed a magic wand over my head and said, ‘Christenson, you feel great.’ And I did.”
Source:
Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Stand Up and Hook Up.” Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 39. Print.
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