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Both Crow and Waltz performed a parachute jump over Normandy with French paratroopers five years ago, for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
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Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 6 June 2024
Far from Normandy’s beaches, French paratroopers and resistance members fought a rear-guard action to keep the Nazis at bay.
—Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 5 June 2024
On board the plane were 12 paratroopers with the 11th Airborne Division, five soldiers in a Counter-intelligence Detachment assigned to the paratroopers, 10 Japanese American linguists in the Military Intelligence Service and four crew members.
—CBS News, 11 May 2024
The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning creator of The Twilight Zone spent three years as a paratrooper during WWII.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 9 May 2024
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Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 6 June 2024
Far from Normandy’s beaches, French paratroopers and resistance members fought a rear-guard action to keep the Nazis at bay.
—Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 5 June 2024
On board the plane were 12 paratroopers with the 11th Airborne Division, five soldiers in a Counter-intelligence Detachment assigned to the paratroopers, 10 Japanese American linguists in the Military Intelligence Service and four crew members.
—CBS News, 11 May 2024
The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning creator of The Twilight Zone spent three years as a paratrooper during WWII.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 9 May 2024
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“Paratrooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratrooper. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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