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It was renamed in March for World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient Roland Bragg.
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Louis Jacobson, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Notably, this force is made up almost entirely of regular army draftees and includes many of the elite IDF brigades, plus commandos and paratroopers.
—Max Rodenbeck, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025
John Francis Rys Kirsten Foster of Mason, Mich., said her great-uncle John Francis Rys was a paratrooper in the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment from Bay City, Michigan.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 24 May 2025
This man was an Army paratrooper who was later killed on Omaha Beach and never met his child.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
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Louis Jacobson, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Notably, this force is made up almost entirely of regular army draftees and includes many of the elite IDF brigades, plus commandos and paratroopers.
—Max Rodenbeck, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025
John Francis Rys Kirsten Foster of Mason, Mich., said her great-uncle John Francis Rys was a paratrooper in the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment from Bay City, Michigan.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 24 May 2025
This man was an Army paratrooper who was later killed on Omaha Beach and never met his child.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
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“Paratrooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratrooper. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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