#Paratroopers

1 of 31: “My Place is Here: The Ballad of Delbert Kuehl” This is the unforgettable story of a Chaplain under fire.#SundayMorning 2 of 31:We’ve observed some ugly leadership trends
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EIC @SonnyBunch has a streaming tip for you, live from the REBELLER Bunker. EIC @SonnyBunch is back in the REBELLER Bunker with another streaming recommendation for you. Bonus life hack
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1 of 30:Unified Command: The Birth of the First Allied Airborne Army 2 of 30:May 1944: George Marshall (Chief of Staff of the Army & driving force behind the combined
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On this day in 1940 Germany invaded the Netherlands. The Nazi invasion of 750,000 men was opposed by an obsolete Dutch army of 280,000 men. The battle was lost and
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When I was a PL my FDO was...not the best. He meant well, but they have a saying about intentions. At some point I resolved that, if given the chance,
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Pfc Alex M. Penkala was born Aug 30, 1924, in South Bend, Indiana. His parents, Mary and John, moved to the U.S from Poland in 1907. He was the 10th
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I'm going to ask my friends on here to RT this thread where possible, please, even though it is a shameless plug of my book. Last year myself and Dutch
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Ronald Charles "Sparky" Speirs began active duty in the U.S Army on 11 April, 1942. He was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, as a 2nd Lt and assigned to the
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I awoke to a great scoop from @JimLaPorta this morning -- Military Police units at Fort Bragg and Fort Drum are on 4-hour PTDO to respond to the situation in
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I know everyone’s minds are on other things, but today is the anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide. Sharing this thread with the hope it makes more people
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Back in 2013 I interviewed a lady from Loughborough who lived in Quorn during the war, and was 16 when the 505th PIR arrived to take up residency in their
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While I was visiting Verneuil-sur-Avre cemetery, I came upon the grave of a Canadian paratrooper, killed on August 17th, 1944. 1st Canadian Parachute Brigade. Surely, he was dropped on DDay.
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STORY BEHIND PICTURE OF UKRAINIAN GIRL IN RED DRESS Everyone saw pic of Valeria, the Kharkiv school graduate in prom dress in front of ruins of her school. Here is
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1Slow afternoon.Let me pass this time by doing a short photo thread on my new favourite hashtag - #RunawayPakArmy!Apparently, two majors have been removed from Pak Army for 'misconduct'.Timing of
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A generous way of saying "got a tomahawk through the skull as a symbol of Mingo loyalty to the English crown and a renunciation of the French crown"https://twitter.com/LarsDHHedbor/status/1266125092720869378 Ok so,
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Been thinking for the last few years where lies the boundary between personal and collective responsibility for autocratic onslaught. Now that my home country is being invaded, I feel my
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