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This man was an Army paratrooper who was later killed on Omaha Beach and never met his child.—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025 He and his fellow paratroopers were given one mission: prepare for war.—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 Mine clearing vehicles continue to make passages in minefields and the line of 'dragon's teeth' in order to throw armored vehicles with paratroopers there.—Isabel Van Brugen
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025 Mullis injured his knee while jumping out of an airplane as a 17-year-old Army paratrooper.—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paratrooper
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