paratroops

• “The paratroops were a rough lot and evidently cared little what or how they ate.”

  Operation Sea Lion

• “Even as late as March 21, 1945, medical reports show Manoian listed as part of the Chemical Warfare Service, not the paratroops, Siddall said.”

  Heroes or Villains?

• “President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday ordered a battalion of paratroops to reinforce the garrison at the Russia.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Kyrgyz Crisis Poses Dilemmas for U.S., Russia

• “But writer Patrick Bishop was embedded in the valley nearby with British paratroops at their Sangin bases.”

  The Guardian: Afghanistan war logs: Secret CIA paramilitaries' role in civilian deaths

• “Adam Harmon is an American-Israeli, who in 1990 served in the IDF paratroops and later joined a special operations unit, which pursues terrorist leaders and prevents suicide bombings, and in which he does his yearly reserve duty.”

  In Case You Missed It: What Makes An Army Jewish? A Dialogue. « The Blog at 16th and Q

• “Fledgling paratroops of yesteryear, for example, began training by jumping off five-foot towers so they could practice how to land, flex their knees, then roll.”

  The Huffington Post: James M. Clash: Conjoined Parachuting

• “The latter seemed to fit with “persistent reports of several thousand Jap paratroops in enemy held China.””

  Simon & Schuster: Whirlwind

• “Ben-Gurion agreed to drop paratroops deep into the Sinai, seeming to threaten the Canal; in response the British and French would issue an ultimatum to both the Israelis and the Egyptians, demanding that the Israelis withdraw their troops—and that the Egyptians allow Anglo-French forces to occupy key positions along the Canal.”

  Simon & Schuster: Crossing Mandelbaum Gate

• “If only our tanks had thrust sooner and more determinedly along that last 11 miles of road to Arnhem, instead of halting at Nijmegen, the paratroops holding out at the bridge could have been relieved and the mission accomplished.”

  You Know It Makes Sense

• “Iirc, paratroops were given switchblade knives for the same reason, so they could cut themselves free of their riggin in a hurry.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama administration moves to ban 80% of folding knives:

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