sentences:  The Switlik Parachute Company of Trenton, New Jersey issued both gold and silver caterpillar pins.After Major Hoffman wrote the US Army specifications for the Type A parachute, the Army Air Service placed an order for 300 parachutes from the lowest bidder; Irvin's Irving Air Chute Company.After Irvin lost a patient dispute to Floyd Smith with zero compensation due to US Army parachute orders, the US Government compensated Smith with $3500 to transfer his patient to Irvin's company.