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Two paratroopers were injured after a rough landing that was caught on video at a baseball game in Arizona.—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025 Joe Harris, the oldest WWII paratrooper, who paved the way for Black soldiers, has died at 108.—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025 The paratroopers were highly trained and effective, making 1,200 jumps with the loss of only one man.—Sabrina Clay, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025 Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army's first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died.—Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paratrooper
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