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His political journey began in the 1980s as a city lawmaker after a brief career as an army paratrooper.
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Ricardo Brito, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Textbooks often depict the final snapshot of the 101st Airborne paratroopers leading students up the school steps in 1957 as the finale to the desegregation crisis in Little Rock.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Family, friends, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and national leaders gathered to remember a soldier, husband and father whose resilience inspired a nation.
—Jasmine Baehr , Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
It’s hosted by the affable Paul de Gelder, a former Australian Navy bomb disposal diver and Army paratrooper who survived a bull shark attack in 2009.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 July 2025
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Ricardo Brito, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Textbooks often depict the final snapshot of the 101st Airborne paratroopers leading students up the school steps in 1957 as the finale to the desegregation crisis in Little Rock.
—Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Family, friends, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and national leaders gathered to remember a soldier, husband and father whose resilience inspired a nation.
—Jasmine Baehr , Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
It’s hosted by the affable Paul de Gelder, a former Australian Navy bomb disposal diver and Army paratrooper who survived a bull shark attack in 2009.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 July 2025
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“Paratrooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratrooper. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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