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Leg day: Army cuts down on number of paid parachutists
The Army is scaling back 20,000 paid parachutist positions to prioritize limited airborne resources for soldiers who would ...
'Change is necessary:' Army looks to reclassify 22,000 paid parachutist positions
During the podcast, Anderson said the 22,000 soldiers will still keep their jobs and be reclassified as non-parachutist ...
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A personal account of a paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-Day
He would jump behind enemy lines on D-Day from the 82nd Airborne Division's lead aircraft along with Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin, known as "The Jumping General," and fought in Normandy continuously ...
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Nothing but Courage: The 82nd Airborne’s Daring D-Day Mission—and Their Heroic Charge Across La Fière Bridge
Historian Donovan (Shoot for the Moon) provides a straight-shooting account of how parachutists and gliders from the 82nd Airborne slipped behind Axis lines in Normandy just before the start of ...