| | THE DECOY PARATROOPER DUMMY HISTORY SITE ! |
 | | The first known use of the Paratrooper Dummy occurred in May 1940, during WW II, when the German Airborne used "straw-filled" paradummies to make their invasion of the Low Countries/Belgium look larger than it actually was. |
 | | On the 5th of September, 1943, preceded by heavy bombing and strafing and screened by smoke, the 503rd U.S. Paratroop Infantry Regiment, followed by Australian Paratroop gunners with their 25-pounders, landed in the tall kunai in the vicinity of the Nadzab airstrip. |
 | | The paratrooper riggers who are in charge of "care and feeding of Oscars" are evidently sworn to secrecy due to the highly classified nature of their work. |
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