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With Russian paratroopers landing at Hostomel Airport, just an hour away from Kyiv’s presidential residence, and Russian tanks rolling across the famous steppes of Eastern Ukraine, the situation seemed dire.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
It’s hosted by the affable Paul de Gelder, a former Australian Navy bomb disposal diver and Army paratrooper who survived a bull shark attack in 2009.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 July 2025
But the paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division went home without entering the city's streets.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 9 June 2025
It was renamed in March for World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient Roland Bragg.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
It’s hosted by the affable Paul de Gelder, a former Australian Navy bomb disposal diver and Army paratrooper who survived a bull shark attack in 2009.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 July 2025
But the paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division went home without entering the city's streets.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 9 June 2025
It was renamed in March for World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient Roland Bragg.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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“Paratrooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratrooper. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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