D-day Paratrooper Quotes & Sayings

In early May 1968, RT Lion was joined by a wiry, tough-as-nails little paratrooper who introduced himself as Lou "Jake Three Zero" DeSeta. DeSeta had served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade for 13 months and had participated in the fabled Battle of Dak To. — John Meyer

Once I heard a young paratrooper instructor explain, "The jump really isn't so bad. It's the waiting to jump that gets a fellow. — David J. Schwartz

I have jumped out of airplanes but I was not technically a paratrooper. I was an infantryman and a night fighter, anti-terrorist. — Mark Helprin

Feeling like a paratrooper about to jump, knowing my chute was packed by people who don't care how hard I land. — J. Mark Bertrand

In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not. — Claudio Ranieri