On January 1st, 1945, the Allied Air Forces welcomed the New Year with an unexpected, low-level attack from the Luftwaffe.

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Mr. Bateman made his first jump in 1962, during his paratrooper training in the U.S. Army. He stepped away from skydiving for decades, but he never let it go.

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A group of House lawmakers parachuted from a World War II-era plane on Friday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. A tradition first started by Reps. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., and Jason Crow, D ...

To prepare for these jumps, they headed to the United States for training with paratroopers. A documentary, titled The Jump: Currahee to Normandy, is being made which follows them through this.

CRACK British paras who jumped into Normandy were greeted by French customs yesterday. Hundreds of soldiers jumped into a rural drop zone used on D-Day 80 years ago. Instead of meeting German guns … ...

As soon as we crossed into enemy territory, he had his men ready to jump. That way, if our plane was hit by enemy fire, we could bale out [sic] at a rapid pace.

JUPITER — U.S. Army veteran Chung Wong of Jupiter parachuted out of a plane near the beaches of Normandy on Wednesday to mimic the intrepid journey that paratroopers took 80 years ago on D-Day.

Parachutes glide toward earth as some 550 paratroopers reenacted the 101st Airborne Division D-Day jump, June 5, 1994, in honor of D-Day’s 50th anniversary. (John Bohmer/Stars and Stripes) ...