U.S. Senate Designates August 16 as National Airborne Day
August 16, 2024
August 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
Nearly 84 years after the first official Army parachute jump at what was then Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), Georgia in 1940, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution designating August 16, 2024 as "National Airborne Day," commemorating the anniversary of that first jump and the creation of the first American airborne divisions, including the 82nd and the 101st.
The bipartisan . . .
Nearly 84 years after the first official Army parachute jump at what was then Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), Georgia in 1940, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution designating August 16, 2024 as "National Airborne Day," commemorating the anniversary of that first jump and the creation of the first American airborne divisions, including the 82nd and the 101st.
The bipartisan . . .