A young paratrooper, maybe 19, rose to his feet.
"You had both better get your young paratrooper asses down to the aid station, now!"
In the centre of the group was a lanky young paratrooper with a face like Huckleberry Finn's.
With one more look at the upturned face of a young paratrooper seated across from him, Matthew decided.
The film shifts from recollections of retired officers to young paratroopers fearfully embarking on their first air drop.
The young paratrooper felt good; he had taken care of everything--but had he?
At the edge of the woods he found the corpse of a young paratrooper whose parachute had failed to open.
It was obvious that these young paratroopers were inexperienced in handling assault boats, which are not the easiest things to maneuver.
As a young paratrooper he had fought in the north against the Kurdish rebels.
The tough young paratroopers had received in the end a rather more severe lesson in thé art of war than Student had intended.