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Joe Harris lived to 108 – one of the oldest WWII paratroopers.
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Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
Rumors spread about the Malmedy and Stavelot murders, paratroopers behind enemy lines, and German soldiers impersonating Americans to seize bridges.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
In 1983: Hezbollah militants targeted the barracks of U.S. Marines and French paratroopers in Beirut, Lebanon, with a suicide truck bombing that killed 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French troops.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
In the predawn hours of the invasion, hundreds of gliders delivered paratroopers and equipment behind enemy lines.
—Maximilian K. Bremer, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2025
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Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
Rumors spread about the Malmedy and Stavelot murders, paratroopers behind enemy lines, and German soldiers impersonating Americans to seize bridges.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
In 1983: Hezbollah militants targeted the barracks of U.S. Marines and French paratroopers in Beirut, Lebanon, with a suicide truck bombing that killed 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French troops.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
In the predawn hours of the invasion, hundreds of gliders delivered paratroopers and equipment behind enemy lines.
—Maximilian K. Bremer, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Paratrooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratrooper. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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