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The North Carolina Army base that was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 went back to being known as Fort Bragg in honor of World War II paratrooper Roland Bragg, instead of its original eponym, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg.
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Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 July 2025
With Russian paratroopers landing at Hostomel Airport, just an hour away from Kyiv’s presidential residence, and Russian tanks rolling across the famous steppes of Eastern Ukraine, the situation seemed dire.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 13 June 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
But the paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division went home without entering the city's streets.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 9 June 2025
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Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 July 2025
With Russian paratroopers landing at Hostomel Airport, just an hour away from Kyiv’s presidential residence, and Russian tanks rolling across the famous steppes of Eastern Ukraine, the situation seemed dire.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 13 June 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
But the paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division went home without entering the city's streets.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 9 June 2025
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“Paratrooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratrooper. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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