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The Army is scaling back 20,000 paid parachutist positions to prioritize limited airborne resources for soldiers who would ...
The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's first 'smokejumpers.' ...
Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was 108.
The 173rd Brigade Support Battalion joins Italians dancing in Piazza Marconi to celebrate the 80th anniversary of their town.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Canadian Army jumpmasters and tactical leaders joined U.S. paratroopers from the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, April 7-10, 2025, for an intensive week of ...
During the podcast, Anderson said the 22,000 soldiers will still keep their jobs and be reclassified as non-parachutist positions, meaning they won’t receive jump pay, but still have opportunities to ...
Joe Harris, World War II's oldest surviving paratrooper, died at the age of 108. But his memory will live on in the history books and the community of Compton. Harris was a member of the Army's ...
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He fought racism and fascism: 108-year-old WWII paratrooper who paved path for Black soldiers diesSgt. Joe Harris lived a beautiful life. He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army's first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed ...
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