Jody Lander, WWII Paratrooper
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Texas A & M student, Jody Lander, was drafted in June of 1942 and became a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne.
John Coates, 82nd Airborne
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John Coates, 82nd Airborne medic and paratrooper. John was part of Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne assault up until that point of World War II.