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    A paratrooper or military parachutist is a soldier trained to conduct military operations by parachuting directly into an area of operations, usually...
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  • Look up paratrooper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A paratrooper is a military parachutist, or generalized as airborne troops. Paratrooper or variant...
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    John Marvin Steele (November 29, 1912 – May 16, 1969) was an American paratrooper who landed on the pinnacle of the church tower in Sainte-Mère-Église...
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    the instruction center for recruitment and training of the Portuguese paratroopers. This unit includes an entire battalion, acting as support and reserve...
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    The Portuguese Paratroopers (Portuguese: Tropas Paraquedistas) are an elite infantry assault force, representing the bulk of the airborne forces of Portugal...
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    "HaEsh/Fire" 35th Paratroopers Brigade 101st Paratroopers Battalion "Peten" 202nd Paratroopers Battalion "Tzefa" 890th Paratroopers Battalion "Ef'a" (5135th)...
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  • La Prière du Para (The Paratrooper's Prayer) is a French poem found in the possession of the presumed author, Aspirant (Brevet-Lieutenant) André Zirnheld...
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    The 35th Paratroopers Brigade (Hebrew: חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים, Hativat HaTzanhanim) is an Israeli military airborne infantry brigade. It forms a major...
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    [ˈfalʃɪʁmˌjɛːɡɐ] ) were the paratrooper branch of the German Luftwaffe before and during World War II. They were the first paratroopers to be committed in large-scale...
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  • "Blood on the Risers" is an American paratrooper song from World War II. Sung to the tune of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", the song tells of a fatal...
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  • countries around the world maintain military units that are trained as paratroopers. These include special forces units that are parachute-trained, as well...
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  • A paratrooper helmet is a type of combat helmet used by paratroopers and airborne forces. The main difference from standard combat helmets is that paratrooper...
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    Defense Forces. The 55th Paratroopers Brigade is subordinate to the 98th Paratroopers Division. The brigade is a paratrooper unit within the Israel Defense...
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  • The 1st Raider–Paratrooper Brigade "El Alamein" (Greek: 1η Ταξιαρχία Kαταδρομών-Αλεξιπτωτιστών «Ελ Αλαμέιν», romanized: 1 Taxiarchia Katadromon-Alexiptotiston...
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  • The Paratrooper Battalion 263 (Fallschirmjägerbataillon 263) was one of the three combat battalions of the German Army's Airborne Brigade 26, which is...
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    Day (‹See Tfd›Russian: День Воздушно-десантных войск) also known as Paratroopers' Day (‹See Tfd›Russian: День десантника) is a professional military holiday...
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    The Paratrooper, also known as the "Parachute Ride" or "Umbrella Ride", is a type of fairground ride. It is a ride where seats suspended below a wheel...
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    soldiers. The gunfight resulted in two Indian casualties namely Paratrooper Rajmal and Paratrooper Balwan Singh who was a resident of Village Moungri of District...
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  • The Paratrooper Battalion 261 (Fallschirmjägerbataillon 261) was one of the three combat battalions of the German Army's Airborne Brigade 26, which was...
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  • PTS (Paratroopers Training School) is a school in Agra, Uttar Pradesh for the training of paratroopers in the Indian Army. PTS was founded in Agra in...
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  • Paratrooper line of folding mountain bikes that utilize either 26" or 27.5" wheels. Included in the Paratrooper line are the Paratrooper, Paratrooper...
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    The Paratroopers Brigade "Almogávares" VI (Spanish: Brigada "Almogávares" VI de Paracaidistas - BOP PAC VI) is an Multipurpose Organic Brigade (Spanish:...
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    The Japanese marine paratroopers was a marine airborne forces during World War II. The troops were officially part of the Special Naval Landing Forces...
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  • The 31st Paratrooper Regiment (‹See Tfd›German: Fallschirmjägerregiment 31) is a 1,800 men strong formation of the German Army with its headquarters in...
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  • Paratrooper is a 1982 fixed shooter written by Greg Kuperberg and published by Orion Software as a self-booting disk for IBM PC compatibles. It is based...
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    the Interwar period when the French Armed Forces formed specialized paratroopers units. First formed in the French Air Force, they were rapidly integrated...
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    division has lost 37 paratroopers. Since 11 September 2001, the division has lost 20 paratroopers in Afghanistan and 101 paratroopers in Iraq.[citation needed]...
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  • Commandos, found on the list of commando units, and also paratrooper units found on the list of paratrooper forces. NATO currently defines "special operations"...
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    out the duties of the paratroopers. We pledge that we uphold and defend the ranks, names, honours, and souls of the paratroopers. We pledge that we are...
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  • The 1st Carabinieri Paratroopers Regiment "Tuscania" (Italian: 1° Reggimento Carabinieri Paracadutisti "Tuscania") is a special operations unit of the...
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