Brooks: Fort Bragg's drop zones have become hallowed ground for some paratroopers
The first U.S. Army paratroopers began training at Fort Bragg during the nation’s preparations for World War II.All five airborne divisions trained on the sandy drop zones of the post’s sprawling training area. And in the decades since, the vast majority of all of the nation’s paratroopers have, at one time or another, drifted down to Fort Bragg by parachute canopy.For as long as Fort Bragg has been the “Home of the Airborne,” the […]
