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US Airborne Rangers parachute in to seize a Pacific airbase, preparing for war with China
The German Fallschirmjager paratroops, who pioneered parachute-borne airfield seizures during World War II, suffered 44 per cent casualties capturing Allied air bases in Crete in 1941 and ...
Service & Sacrifice: WWII soldier fights from D-Day to Nazi surrender
I'm no hero. I wish that word had never been put in the dictionary," said William Phelps, a 101st Airborne Division artilleryman.
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A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
Part of the purpose of fireworks shows, parachute jumps ... greatest generation and I truly believe that.” Dozens of World War II veterans are converging on France to revisit old memories ...
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An F-15 is rocking a WWII paint job to honor a B-17 pilot who gave his life to save a wounded crewman
An F-15C Eagle is sporting a badass World War II-era paint job in honor of a fallen ... he realized one of his men was missing a parachute. Without hesitation, Kingsley removed his chute, fit ...
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Airborne Lifeboat
Designed by Uffa Fox during World War II, this lifeboat was carried by a ... It was carried underneath a Hudson bomber and dropped by parachute to assist aircrew who had ended up in the sea ...
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Another secret weapon of WWII: 'Little guys' like Casey Bukowski
Nearly every seat in the small, intimate Taylor Theater was taken Monday morning as Casimir “Casey” Bukowski visited the ...