Joe Harris, a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit and believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper, died ...

Joe Harris, a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit and believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper, died ...

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

The 82nd Airborne Division is mourning the loss of a paratrooper who died in a car accident last month. According to RRSpin.com, a Roanoke Rapids news outlet, Spc. Randy Colon Jr., 21, was killed ...

Sainte-Mère-Église became one of the first liberated towns in France during D-Day, thanks to the courageous actions of the 82nd Airborne Division. Paratroopers landed in and around the town ...

A paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division was getting ready to jump toward the earth when a sharp-eyed jumpmaster stepped in and saved him from a potentially fatal injury — a split-second ...

May is known for Memorial Day, along with Armed Forces Day, and locally the 82nd Airborne Division hosts its annual All American Week observance to honor past and present paratroopers. While ...

In October, Pittman had the opportunity to follow in his grandfather’s airborne footsteps. For a week, he did paratrooper jump training in Corsicana, Texas, through the Liberty Jump Team ...

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division during Operation Lethal Eagle 2025 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (Army) During a recent home station training exercise, the 101st Airborne Division put ...

Edinburgh Fire and Rescue shared photos of the rescue on its Facebook page around 11:40 a.m. Friday. In the photos, a paratrooper can be seen stuck in the trees, with a ladder raised from a firetruck ...