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Jimi Hendrix Army picture, circa 1962 (Original Post)
Tanuki
Aug 2017
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I think he messed up his leg real bad on a jump & was medically discharged. (nm)
Elwood P Dowd
Aug 2017
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Bradshaw3
(7,522 posts)1. Jimi was always proud of being in the airborne ...
.. even though he wasn't cut out for the military and was allowed to leave early.
Saw him May 8, 1970 in Norman, Oklahoma. Still the greatest concert I have ever been to. Just transcendent.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)5. I didn't know he was let out early.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)6. I think he messed up his leg real bad on a jump & was medically discharged. (nm)
maveric
(16,445 posts)2. The other guy is Billy Cox.
A great bassist and a member of "Band of Gypsys".
I did not know he served.