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Local French children congratulate a U.S. Army soldier after he successfully jumped from a C-130 to re-enact the D-Day paratrooper jump 65 years ago over Saint Mere Eglise, France, June 7, 2009.

PARATROOPER PRAISE

Local French children congratulate a U.S. Army soldier after he successfully jumped from a C-130 to re-enact the D-Day paratrooper jump 65 years ago over Saint Mere Eglise, France, June 7, 2009.

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