1. The allies landed thousands of airborne troops. 2. Army airborne troops wear a red beret. 3. Army airborne troops wear maroon, and the Air Force special operations forces wear bright red berets. 4. Airborne troops were trained to land by parachute or glider among the enemy and wreak havoc. 5. I complimented Hodges and Patton and pointedly stated that American forces were capable of crossing the Rhine at practically any point without aerial bomb ardment and without airborne troops. 6. Remember that the airborne troops jumping into Normandy were protected only by their clothing. 7. Should NATO infantry, artillery, armor, and airborne troops enter Kosovo, who will lead them? 8. There might even be a use for some airborne troops during a withdrawal. 9. A battalion of airborne troops based in Italy is dribbling into Tuzla to secure the base taken over from U.N. forces Wednesday. 10. A joint military exercise involving U.S. and Ukrainian airborne troops got under way in western Ukraine on Saturday. |