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Leg day: Army cuts down on number of paid parachutists
The Army is scaling back 20,000 paid parachutist positions to prioritize limited airborne resources for soldiers who would ...
Who are the Americans still in Russian custody?
Russia has released a Russian American imprisoned on treason charges that Washington has dismissed as ludicrous, but several ...
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WWII parachute christening gown returns
In February 1945, members of the 503rd Parachute Infantry jumped onto the island of Corregidor in the Philippines to retake ...
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Sgt. Joe Harris, a heroic pioneering paratrooper during WWII
As thousands took to the streets to protest Trump polices, family members and military personnel assembled to pay tribute to Sgt. Joe Harris.
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Joe Harris, Operation Firefly smokejumper and oldest WWII paratrooper, dies at 108
(Tribune News Service) — U.S. Army Sgt. Joe Harris sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of a paratrooper ...
How Black paratroopers saved the US from Japan’s WWII firebombs
Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...
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World War II soldier welcomed home after 81 years
Private First Class Robert L. Bryant’s remains were brought home after 81 years, and his family and the community gathered to ...
Joe Harris, 108, Dies; Thought to Be the Oldest World War II Paratrooper
He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.
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Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died
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