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    WWII paratrooper drops in on his old unit [Image 4 of 17]

    WWII paratrooper drops in on his old unit

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES

    11.06.2013

    Photo by Justin Connaher 

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson   

    Digital photograph of a photograph provided by World War II veteran Vincent Speranza, 88, from Auburn Ill., taken of him in Scotland during World War II. Speranza visited soldiers of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, part of U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 6. Speranza, a combat veteran of H Company, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, then part of the 101st Airborne Division, fought at Bastogne, was wounded in combat shortly after the Battle of the Bulge, and when the 101st Airborne deactivated after the war was transferred to the 82nd Airborne for a brief period. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher/Released)

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    Date Taken: 11.06.2013
    Date Posted: 11.08.2013 18:46
    Photo ID: 1049548
    VIRIN: 131106-F-LX370-404
    Resolution: 1920x3000
    Size: 3.12 MB
    Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, US

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