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A soldier from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division parachutes to the ground at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., after jumping from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III on Aug. 9, 2001. Three hundred soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., participated in the training jump.

A soldier from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division parachutes to the ground at Charleston Air Force Base.

A soldier from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division parachutes to the ground at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., after jumping from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III on Aug. 9, 2001. Three hundred soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., participated in the training jump.

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