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The 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (517th PRCT) was an airborne, specifically a parachute infantry, regiment of the United States Army that was formed in March 1943 during World War II, training at Camp Toccoa in the mountains of Northeast Georgia.
The United States Army Parachute Team, nicknamed the Golden Knights, is a demonstration and competition parachute team of the United States Army.It consists of demonstration and competition parachutist teams, drawn from all branches of the U.S. Army. Members must demonstrate excellence in parachuting.
George Hopkins (comedian) (1928–2011), American comedian and musician George Hopkins (footballer) , English footballer George Hopkins (parachutist) , professional parachutist who parachuted without permission onto Devils Tower in 1941 and got stuck there for six days
Colonel James M. Gavin, commander of the 505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (with the 3rd Battalion of the 504th attached), led the 82nd Airborne Division during Operation Husky, and, on the night of 9 July 1943, the 504th helped spearhead the Allied invasion of Sicily in the first airborne military offensive in the history of the United ...
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Aubrey was a private in the U.S. Army during the 1940s, when the army was beginning to have soldiers parachute from airplanes as a new method of deployment, according to Today I Found Out. His ...
Stearns made her first parachute jump in 1971 at the age of 17 in Coolidge, Arizona. [2] [3] In 1977 she became the first female member of the Golden Knights, the U.S. Army's elite parachute team. She served two three-year tours. [4] She served two active duty hitches with the Golden Knights in her military career. [5]