1959: first female to make a freefall jump as a member of the US Army

First woman participate of a baton pass January 1960 with Loy Brydon and Harry Arter: Her account of the jump

"Seconds later, I glanced at my altimeter. It indicated 6,500 feet. As I looked up from my altimeter I saw Loy coming in toward me from my left and wondered where Harry was. Loy was just a little above me and inching toward me slowly. I had never been so close to another jumper in the air before, and seeing Loy at close range it reminded me of Superman on TV. Loy then disappeared over me.

"Seconds later I saw him coming in again from my left. He was still a little above me, coming in slowly. Suddenly I felt someone grab my ankle. Loy was over me reaching with his left hand for the baton and holding onto me with his right hand. I extended my left hand and arm back and thought I was going to get all out of kilter and lose control. Loy grabbed the baton and disappeared. I was still stablized on the soft cushion of air and was so excited about passing the baton to Loy that I screamed out loud, "We did it, we did it!" I could hardly believe we had actually done it. I had been falling for 35 seconds and my altimeter showed 3,000 feet. Time to pull the ripcord and ride to earth under an open canopy."