Recent Examples on the WebOn 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 See all Example Sentences for paratrooper
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