Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Ben Musquez: Vietnam veteran, sky soldier, smoke jumper

By EDEN DUNCAN GILBREATH Special to the Hood County News
Posted 3/29/24

It’s been years since Ben Musquez jumped out of an airplane.

A bit over a decade ago Musquez was 82 years young on his last jump. He did so with a team of former soldiers all there for the same reason — to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade. It would be his 300th jump, and out of a C-47, no less. Musquez counted days not only as a “sky soldier” but as a “smoke jumper” as well.

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