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In the Cavalcade of America episode Soldiers in High Boots, we meet Private Jefferson Smith, a paratrooper struggling with acrophobia, the fear of heights. As he prepares for a critical jump from a plane, the pressure mounts not only from the military expectations but also from his fellow soldiers, who have begun to label him as 'yellow' for his inability to jump. The stakes are high; if Smith fails to make the jump, he risks being sent back to the infantry, a fate he desperately wants to avoid.
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