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Near-death episode led to beautiful dress for daughter ; The parachute that didn't work found a use after World War II
2006
Overview
As a Navy flight engineer on a B-24 and the pilot trying to land on a deserted Japanese airstrip, [Joseph Papp] held his parachute out a waist hatch and pulled the rip cord while another crew member did the same on the other side. \"I went to her hut and right there inside it was a Singer sewing machine made in my hometown of South Bend,\" Joseph says. \"And the woman pulled out a Sears & Roebuck Catalog and had me point to the pattern I wanted.\" Joseph Papp of South Bend holds the silk dress that he had made for his daughter [Barbara] out of his World War II parachute. Tribune Photo/ SHAYNA BRESLIN; This is the silk dress made out of a World War II parachute. Tribune Photo/ SHAYNA BRESLIN; Photo: c_Joepapp082406a.jpeg; c_Joepapp082406b.jpeg
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South Bend Tribune Corporation
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