Recent Examples on the WebBoth Crow and Waltz performed a parachute jump over Normandy with French paratroopers five years ago, for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.—Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 6 June 2024 Far from Normandy’s beaches, French paratroopers and resistance members fought a rear-guard action to keep the Nazis at bay.—Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 5 June 2024 On board the plane were 12 paratroopers with the 11th Airborne Division, five soldiers in a Counter-intelligence Detachment assigned to the paratroopers, 10 Japanese American linguists in the Military Intelligence Service and four crew members.—CBS News, 11 May 2024 The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning creator of The Twilight Zone spent three years as a paratrooper during WWII.—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 9 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for paratrooper
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