FIRST U.S. PARATROOPS
NEW YORK. Oct. 1. The United States Army to-cay organised its first unit of parachute troops. A test platoon, equipped by experts after studying reports from the European battlefields, consisted of two officers and 48 men.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20385, 23 October 1940, Page 7
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