paratrooper
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Leaving the theater, he chants, “I want to be a paratrooper, I want to be a paratrooper.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The former paratrooper set off in November 1998, expecting his walk back to his childhood home, where his mother still lives, to take about 12 years.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
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
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
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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