paratrooper
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As he finished helping a fellow trainee gear up, one paratrooper wished another good luck with a firm handshake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Vannacci, a former paratrooper, launched FN earlier this year after splintering from Matteo Salvini's League party.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The paratrooper, outfitted with a cheap plastic chute, never lived up to his promise, even if deployed from the second floor of a school classroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Former paratrooper Karl Bushby, 57, set off from Chile in 1998 and has reached Belgium.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
A wounded US paratrooper receives help from two medics in a blinding rainstorm, 1969.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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