paratrooper

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More than a decade after his death in police custody, the body of former paratrooper Christopher Alder was discovered lying in a mortuary.

From BBC

His tanks covered Ukrainian paratroopers and their task was to prevent Russian troops from crossing the bridge.

From BBC

He entered an elite unit of Russian paratroopers, which crossed into Ukraine the very first day of Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion, one year ago.

From Seattle Times

The son of grape pickers, he was raised in Pomona and after high school was a paratrooper in the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, stationed in Japan.

From Los Angeles Times

NJ Advance's Steve Politi offered a vivid account of how the July 29 LIV Golf event opened, with AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" blaring while three paratroopers landed "on a fairway nearby carrying a giant American flag."

From Salon