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Staff Sgt. William 'Bill' Owens fought for two days during World War II. Eighty-one years after the fight, his Silver Star ...
While visiting the 82nd Airborne Division, the Advance Airborne School ... reduce the opening shock and canopy oscillation, reducing Paratrooper injury rate by 75 percent. "As a jumpmaster ...
Mission Boston is given the green light at 1:51 a.m. on June 6, 1944 and over 6,000 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers, carried by more than 350 C-47s, jump into the dark of night, beginning ...
All are remembered by paratroopers who continue their duty, he said. Matt Russell touches the name of Spc. Marshall Edgerton, a fallen soldier he served with, during the 82nd Airborne Division’s ...
Soldiers in the 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne divisions ... the 101st has been going strong since both units dropped thousands of paratroopers into Normandy during the D-Day invasion.
Delapena told Troxler that he was one of seven paratroopers selected by 82nd veterans and military leaders within the division to be inducted into this year’s 82nd Airborne Division Hall of Fame.
He served with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st ... Patrick "Pat" Work, the division's commander, said aloud the names of a few paratroopers who were killed in combat or died during training ...
FORT LIBERTY —The 82nd Airborne Division named its junior paratroopers of the year Tuesday, this year expanding to include three winners. The winner in the elementary category for ages 5-10 was ...
For the first time, 21 former paratroopers were inducted into the 82nd Airborne Division Hall of Fame on Wednesday as part of All American Week. Retired CSM Kenneth "Rock" Merritt, 95, was one of ...