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Today we celebrate the Airborne #Soldiers that love their knees in the breeze on #NationalAirborneDay.
What better way to celebrate than a history thread on U.S. #Paratroopers.
Let's Begin.
What better way to celebrate than a history thread on U.S. #Paratroopers.
Let's Begin.
In 1940, a test platoon from @FortBenning's @29thID Regiment executes the #USArmy's first airborne training jump less than 45 days after airborne was formed.
The U.S. joined several world powers who had also developed the capability after World War I.
#NationalAirborneDay
The U.S. joined several world powers who had also developed the capability after World War I.
#NationalAirborneDay
In November 1942, the U.S. carried out its first major #airborne assault of World War II during the largely-amphibious invasion of North Africa, Operation Torch​.
#NationalAirborneDay
#NationalAirborneDay
