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Dawsonville man tells father’s story as one of the U.S. Army’s first paratroopers

Local man John Hewitt recently released “Broken Wings: a brother left behind”, a historical book about the life of his father, Jim, who was one of the U.S. Army's first paratroopers. (photo courtesy of John Hewitt)

broken wings — Local man John Hewitt recently released “Broken Wings: a brother left behind”, a historical book about the life of his father, Jim, who was one of the U.S. Army's first paratroopers. (photo courtesy of John Hewitt)

Longtime Dawsonville resident John Hewitt recently released “Broken Wings: a brother left behind”, a historical book about his father Jim, a graduate of the U.S. Army’s first paratrooper school in Fort Benning, Ga in 1941.

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