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| Keywords: joint base elmendorf-richardson; jber; alaska; u.s. army; u.s. a jointbaseelmendorfrichardsonjberalaskausarmyusa joint base elmendorf-richardson jointbaseelmendorfrichardson alaska us joint base elmendorf-richardson; jber; alaska; u.s. army; u.s. army alaska; wwii; bastogne; battle of the bulge; 101st airborne; 82nd airborne; soldiers; purple heart; 501st infantry regiment; airborne; paratroopers jointbaseelmendorfrichardsonjberalaskausarmyusarmyalaskawwiibastognebattleofthebulge101stairborne82ndairbornesoldierspurpleheart501stinfantryregimentairborneparatroopers Spc. Shawn Connelly, assigned to A Company, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, waits in a warming tent for his turn to walk to a waiting helicopter for a parachute jump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 7. World War II veteran Vincent Speranza, 88, from Auburn Ill., came to witness a parachute assault while visiting with U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Soldiers at JBER. 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) Spc. Shawn Connelly, assigned to A Company, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, waits in a warming tent for his turn to walk to a waiting helicopter for a parachute jump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 7. World War II veteran Vincent Speranza, 88, from Auburn Ill., came to witness a parachute assault while visiting with U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Soldiers at JBER. 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) | ||||
