In May 1989, the 15th Airborne Corps’ 43rd and 44th Paratrooper Brigades were deployed to Beijing to enforce martial law and suppress the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
26 March – The remains of the Hannah Szenes, a Jewish paratrooper who had fought in the British Army during World War II and was captured, tortured and executed in Hungary, are brought to Israel and buried in the cemetery on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem.
In 1985, the battalion was granted permission to wear the dull Cherry beret, common to all parachute units worldwide, and to wear parachute wings identical to those worn by the 1st Australian Parachute Battalion during the Second World War.
The immensely strong Mongrol was originally commander of an ABC paratrooper platoon, and the only survivor (save Zippo) of the disastrous drop into Volgan territory at Vilnus – so disastrous it was nicknamed Zarnhem after Arnhem.
(1924 - January 10, 1945) was a paratrooper with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II.
In fall 1942, Andrae was assigned to the RLM, leaving the command of Crete to paratrooper General Bruno Bräuer.
Chilton Foliat is referred to in the HBO series Band of Brothers as the location where Captain Herbert Sobel was sent to train non-combat military support personnel who needed paratrooper training.
His career was interrupted by the Korean War, and Matthews became a paratrooper for the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division.
Although it was never given a formal organizational structure, it was quickly organized along the lines of a standard infantry division, but composed of a variety of German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units, Tunis Field Battalions and Africa March (replacement) Battalions, as well as an Italian Regiment.
He was a drill sergeant, paratrooper, corporate whistle blower, Senior Executive for the State Bar of California and a corporate VP, EVP and chief operating officer.
He is befriended by the Duke and British paratrooper Major David Bruce (Rex Harrison), who has taken leave to contest a parliamentary by-election.
Between the years 1952-1954 he served in the Army in the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
There were only two differences between the M50 and the M55, those being the elimination of the compensator and the addition of a rather flimsy, folding wire buttstock making the M55 lighter and shorter and was originally issued to Marine parachute infantry and armored vehicle crews.
Mark J. Alexander (1911–2004), U.S. Army officer and Paratrooper during World War II
While married to Hemingway, Gellhorn had an affair with US paratrooper Major General James M. Gavin, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Subsequently, preparations were made in Algeria for "Operation Resurrection," which had as objectives the seizure of Paris and the removal of the French government, through the use of paratroopers and armoured forces based at Rambouillet.
Tristan Dyer (U.S. Army, Iraq War veteran), Kyle Hartnett (U.S. Army Paratrooper, Afghanistan War veteran), Chris Mandia (U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq War veteran), Victor Manzano (U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars veteran), and Clint Van Winkle (U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq War veteran) were the combat veterans chosen to produce and direct films.
In its entry in the genre, RKO sent a film crew to Fort Benning to film America's recently formed paratroopers of the 501st Parachute Infantry for their film.
He served in the US Army as a paratrooper and was in the Battle of Pork Chop Hill in the Korean War.
After graduation from West Point, Robbins was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Regular Army and served two tours in Vietnam as a paratrooper, eventually serving as Company Commander with D Company, 501st Airborne Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division.
Rader enlisted in the army and volunteered for paratrooper with two hometown friends, Donald Hoobler and William Howell .
Dr. Heros was also a POW in the Bay of Pigs, where he participated as a paratrooper for the United States.
The most common transportation for Norwegian soldiers during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940 was skis and sleds, and in Operation Gunnerside, paradropped Norwegian commandos covered a large distance using skis in order to reach and destroy a heavy water plant Vemork at Rjukan in Telemark, Norway, which was being used by the Germans as part of their nuclear research programme.
In 2007, following his own investigation, Porteous claimed to have unmasked a former paratrooper and airline employee as being missing aircraft hijacker D. B. Cooper.
Although they are called paratroopers, the Mobile Forces often deployed out of helicopters, as the Tajik Air Force has few planes.
Rackauckas served in the United States Army as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division from 1962–1964.
Two Tunis Field Battalions, T3 and T4, were incorporated into Division von Broich/von Manteuffel, a provisional infantry division formed from a variety of Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units, Italian infantry, and other units scraped together from Rommel's Army.
Harry Welsh (1918-1995), American paratrooper in World War II
From 1943 until 1945, he was a paratrooper, unit commander, and staff officer with the 101st Airborne Division in the European Theater of Operations, with participation at Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, and other locations.
Kiehn volunteered for paratrooper and received training in Toccoa, Georgia.
William T. Ryder (1913–1992), first American paratrooper, later a brigadier general
Evans volunteered for paratrooper, and was sent to training at Toccoa, Georgia under Captain Herbert Sobel.