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STRIPES (Chad Garland) - Paratrooper ‘to his core’: Army vet who helped get injured reporter out of Ukraine dies at 50 | Stars and Stripes

A retired Army paratrooper who served in two wars and assisted in evacuating a gravely wounded reporter in Ukraine has died from cancer.

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Sourcehttps://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-09-17/army-paratrooper-sean-michael-lee-22880594.html
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STRIPES (John Vandiver) - Double-amputee paratrooper to jump into Normandy on anniversary of combat injury | Stars and Stripes

A veteran 82nd Airborne paratrooper who lost both his legs during combat in Afghanistan will jump onto the Normandy drop zone of his predecessors.

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Sourcehttps://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-06-03/d-day-anniversary-82nd-airborne-21860722.html
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