Bobsleigher and Paratrooper Dean Ward, who won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics was also born in the town.

In action, Frost was a tough leader whose clear head in battle won the respect of every Paratrooper in the battalion.

The Parachute Training School, and RAF Abingdon generally, featured heavily in the 1953 Alan Ladd film " The Red Beret " ( aka " Paratrooper " in the USA ), and the Parachute Training School was used as a location for some scenes for the films " Carve Her Name With Pride " ( 1958 ) and " Operation Crossbow " ( 1965 ) as well as the French comedy " Babette s ' en va-t-en guerre " ( 1959 ) which starred Brigitte Bardot.

A second series was released in November 2005 under the title " 2nd Tour of Duty " with six new figures depicting additional professions such as " Army Paratrooper " and " Marine Radioman.

2003 – Special Forces Paratrooper Sanjog Chhetri – Paratrooper Sanjog Chhetri of 9 PARA ( SF ) was part of a team tasked for carrying out operations on terrorist location at " Hill Kaka " ( J & K ) on 22 April 2003.

For his brave action Paratrooper Sanjog Chhetri was awarded the highest peace time gallantry award of ASHOK CHAKRA posthumously.

Paul B. Huff, a member of the 509th, was the first American Paratrooper awarded the Medal of Honor on 29 February 1944 for action at Anzio, Italy.

) Dr. Aharon Davidi ( former commander of the IDF Paratrooper and Infantry Corps ), when due to the general mobilization during the 1982 Lebanon War in some kibbutzim at the Golan the harvest with crops already ripened was in danger, because all able-bodied farmers were on reserve duty in the IDF.

By his gallant action, Paratrooper Sanjog Chhetri provided chance for his comrades to engage the remaining terrorists effectively, but he succumbed to his injuries.

Even the most basic ASL components were no longer introductory in nature, although Paratrooper masqueraded as such.

In the book Paratrooper: The Life of Gen. James M. Gavin, he is quoted as saying " Our weapons and equipment were no better than those used in World War I ".

* On July 31, 1979, at the privately owned Belmont Park, ( Montreal, Canada ) two children were injured when one of the cars separated from the Paratrooper ride and slammed in to the concrete base of a nearby lamp post.

In Spain the three branches of the Armed Forces have paratrooper units, being the biggest in number the Army's Paratrooper Brigade in Alcalá de Henares.

* GermanParatrooper. org World War II German Paratrooper Reenacting and Living History Organisation-Fallschirmjäger

The midway featured rides such as the Paratrooper, the yellow and black " Yo-Yo ", bumper cars, the Scrambler, Tilt-A-Whirl, " Magic Carpet " ride with more than a dozen others.

Ridgway successfully converted the 82nd into a combat-ready airborne division ; he remained in command and eventually earned his Paratrooper wings.

The 35th ( Paratrooper ) Brigade consists of three regular battalions, each bearing the name of a venomous snake.

( Paratrooper units are named after snakes.

*: 10 Paratrooper Brigade and Grup Gerak Khas special forces of the Malaysian Army and General Operations Force of the Royal Malaysia Police.

A Rough Terrain Paratrooper from the 57 < sup > th </ sup > Engineer Company finds himself suspended from the trees.

The new game requires at least two products, the Advanced Squad Leader Rulebook and an initial module, either Beyond Valor, which contains a brand new counter mix for the German, Russian and Finnish armies, as well as all necessary system counters, or else Paratrooper, which contains a limited counter mix for system markers, US paratrooper units and their German opponents in Normandy.

Paratrooper badges of various countries.

Paratrooper training with an HMD.

:* In service with 10 Paratrooper Brigade only.

To complicate identification, samples made with German army markings ( brass handles with text in English language ) seem to be post war ( 1948 ) marketing attempts capitalizing on the term Paratrooper.

He was endorsed by former mayors Rudy Giuliani and Ed Koch, Jeanine Pirro, Herman Badillo, former congressman Reverend Floyd Flake, Reverend Calvin Butts, and many prominent local Democrats who chose to cross party lines.

This six-piece group usually included Herman Autrey ( sometimes replaced by Bill Coleman or John " Bugs " Hamilton ), Gene Sedric or Rudy Powell, and Al Casey.

Many bands featured strong instrumentalists, whose sounds dominated, such as the clarinets of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Woody Herman, the trombone of Jack Teagarden, the trumpet of Harry James, the drums of Gene Krupa, and the vibes of Lionel Hampton.

* Gene Saks: Leo " Chuckles the Chipmunk " Herman

Murray realizes that he must get a job, and after walking out on several interviews, he agrees to meet his former employer, the detested " Chuckles " host, Leo Herman ( Gene Saks ), at the apartment.

In 1983, Herman had his third mega-hit with La Cage aux Folles starring George Hearn and Gene Barry, which broke box-office records at the Palace Theatre and earned Herman yet another Tony Award for Best Musical.

* Band leaders: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Count Basie, Charlie Barnet, Les Brown, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Gordon Goodwin, Glen Gray, Erskine Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson, Woody Herman, Tiny Hill, Earl Hines, Harry James, Louis Jordan, Hal Kemp, Gene Krupa, Kay Kyser, Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Red Norvo, Gloria Parker, Louis Prima, Buddy Rich, Fred Rich, Artie Shaw, Charlie Spivak, Chick Webb

** Russell Lewis and Herman Davis for " Groovy Situation " performed by Gene Chandler

He was inspired by hearing Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to change his style to bebop, moving on to play with Claude Thornhill, Gene Krupa, and Woody Herman.

matinees ), Adrienne Leonetti as Marie, Steven Alex-Cole as Max, Dennis Warning as Herman, Dean Badolato as Clem, David Miles as Jake, Kevin Wilson as Al, Stephen Dubov as Sheriff, Gene Varrone as Guiseppe, Darren Nimnicht as Pasquale, Tim Flavin as Busboy, Dan O ' Sullivan as Postman, Franco Spoto as Ciccio, Joe McGrath as Doctor, Lawrence Asher as Priest, Michael Capes as Bus Driver, Bill Hastings as Cashier / brakeman, Louisa Flaningam as Cleo, and Richard Muenz as Joe.

The station became legendary from a quartet of nighttime rhythm and blues shows hosted by Gene Nobles, " John R ." ( John Richbourg ), Herman Grizzard, and Bill " Hossman " ( or simply " Hoss ") Allen in the 1950s and 1960s.

As MTV became the center of the entertainment universe, Hunter ’ s celebrity interviews included the first MTV interviews with Madonna, Duran Duran and U2, and also included Ozzy Osbourne, Frank and Moon Unit Zappa, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Loverboy, Kasim Sultan, Crosby Stills & Nash, Kevin Bacon, Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, Eurythmics, Kenny Loggins, the Psychedelic Furs, Bob & Doug McKenzie, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, the Cars, the GoGos, the Bangles, Colin Hay and Men at Work, Boy George, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, Hugh Hefner, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick, Billy Idol, Thomas Dolby, Joe Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Crowded House, Aretha Franklin, Michael McDonald, Rick Springfield, Peter Wolf, Toto, Level 42, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Martin Short, Chevy Chase and Pee-Wee Herman among others.

Duke Ellington, Modern Jazz Quartet, Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Joe Williams, Johnny Otis Show w / Little Esther Phillips and Eddie " Cleanhead " Vinson, Woody Herman Orchestra, Buddy Rich Orchestra, Ivory Joe Hunter, Sonny Stitt & Gene Ammons

In addition, he played the trombone in the big bands of Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, and Charlie Barnet.

Mrs. Roebuck thought Johnson was a `` sweet bawh t'lah lahk thet '', but her Herman was getting to be a man, there was no getting around it.

There was no lock because Herman didn't allow a lock.

Ealdred was a close associate of Herman's, and the historian H. R. Loyn called Herman " something of an alter ego " to Ealdred.

According to the medieval chronicler John of Worcester, Ealdred was given the see of Ramsbury to administer while Herman remained outside England.

A petition proposing a radical change in the German constitution and expressing his basic social ideas ( signed by Herman Hesse, among others ) was widely circulated.

In Great Britain, the only way in which the play was initially allowed to be given in London was in an adapted form made by Henry Arthur Jones and Henry Herman and called Breaking a Butterfly.

Herman Boerhaave (, 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738 ) was a Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame.

The other was Lemaître's Big Bang theory, advocated and developed by George Gamow, who introduced big bang nucleosynthesis ( BBN ) and whose associates, Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman, predicted the cosmic microwave background radiation ( CMB ).

George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).

" However, it was as " Jim Rob Wills ," paired with Herman Arnspiger, that he made his first commercial ( though unissued ) recordings in November 1929 for Brunswick / Vocalion.

The basic theory of nucleosynthesis was developed in 1948 by George Gamow, Ralph Asher Alpher and Robert Herman.

According to a letter Fahrenheit wrote to his friend Herman Boerhaave, his scale was built on the work of Ole Rømer, whom he had met earlier.

Hermanus " Herman " Brood ( pronounced " Hairmon Broat " / bro: t /; November 5, 1946 – July 11, 2001 ) was a Dutch musician, painter, actor, poet and media personality.

Herman Brood was born in Zwolle, and started playing the piano at age 12.

During the 90s, Herman Brood's studio was located on the second floor of the gallery in the Spuistraat in Amsterdam and has remained untouched since his death.

Herman Melville ( August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891 ) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet.

Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, the third of eight children of Allan and Maria Gansevoort Melvill.

He died soon afterward, leaving his family penniless, when Herman was 12.

Saint Herman of Alaska ( born 1756 or 1760 in Serpukhov, Russia – died December 13 or November 15, 1837 on Spruce Island, Alaska ) was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas.

Saint Herman was born in the town of Serpukhov in the Moscow Diocese around 1756.

Saints Sergius of Valaam | Sergius and Herman of Valaam | Herman of Valaam Chapel, built in 1898 over the site where St. Herman was buried on Spruce Island in December 1836.