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This is Not Your Father’s Parachute: US Army Replaces 1950s-Vintage Chute

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US Army ParatroopersDrop into North Korea(click to view larger) We all have seen photos of a sea of big round parachutes, as US Army paratroopers descended on German troops in France during World War II, on North Korean troops during the Korean War, and into northern Iraq in the most recent Iraq War. The US […]

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