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Hausmann-Stokes served for five years in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in Iraq before pursuing filmmaking full-time; his experience textures the lives of these fictional veterans.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2024
Charles served as a paratrooper during World War II and then studied business at New York University on the G.I. Bill.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Fought Hezbollah Azari served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, fought in the 2006 Lebanon War with Hezbollah and later worked as an undercover officer for the Israeli police.
—Chris Dolmetsch, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
During the South Korea-U.S. military drills that ended Thursday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a series of military training exercises involving tanks, artillery guns and paratroopers.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024
Griffin’s father, Edgar G. Griffin, born in Mexico to an Irish family, was a 101st Airborne paratrooper who survived the Normandy landing on D-day and was awarded a Purple Heart.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But by the time paratroopers in Kharchenko’s company entered the battle on a moonless night last August, the counteroffensive was already skidding toward failure—and his men were about to learn all of the deadly reasons why.
—James Marson, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
Previously, the former paratrooper had cycled from Spain to Saudi Arabia to watch Real Madrid play.
—Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
The conditions effectively nixed the core of the D-Day operations: the massive amphibious landing on Normandy beaches and airdrops of paratroopers behind the German lines.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2024
Charles served as a paratrooper during World War II and then studied business at New York University on the G.I. Bill.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Fought Hezbollah Azari served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, fought in the 2006 Lebanon War with Hezbollah and later worked as an undercover officer for the Israeli police.
—Chris Dolmetsch, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
During the South Korea-U.S. military drills that ended Thursday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a series of military training exercises involving tanks, artillery guns and paratroopers.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024
Griffin’s father, Edgar G. Griffin, born in Mexico to an Irish family, was a 101st Airborne paratrooper who survived the Normandy landing on D-day and was awarded a Purple Heart.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But by the time paratroopers in Kharchenko’s company entered the battle on a moonless night last August, the counteroffensive was already skidding toward failure—and his men were about to learn all of the deadly reasons why.
—James Marson, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
Previously, the former paratrooper had cycled from Spain to Saudi Arabia to watch Real Madrid play.
—Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
The conditions effectively nixed the core of the D-Day operations: the massive amphibious landing on Normandy beaches and airdrops of paratroopers behind the German lines.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
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“Paratrooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratrooper. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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