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British troops of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry chat with an American paratrooper of the 505th PIR in Avola, Sicily, July 11, 1943. (Wikimedia)<\/p>\nBritish troops of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry chat with an American paratrooper of the 505th PIR in Avola, Sicily, July 11, 1943. (Wikimedia)<\/p>\n
Sad news about one of America’s Greatest Generation, who has passed. <\/p>\n
Former Staff Sgt. Russell Brown was one of the legendary paratroopers who made every combat jump during World War II, forever cementing his place in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division.<\/p>\n
Brown passed away Aug. 31 at the age of 96 in Georgetown, Kentucky, according to an obituary. A spokesman for the 82nd Airborne confirmed the Purple Heart recipient had been one of the lauded soldiers who parachuted into Salerno and Sicily, Italy, as well as Normandy, France, and Njimegen, Holland.<\/p>\n
His story was featured in \u201cFour Stars of Valor: The Combat History of the 505th Parachute Infantry\u201d and \u201cAll American, All the Way: The Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division,\u201d non-fiction accounts by Phil Nordyke, where he told the story of his time as a mortar squad leader with Brown, who had been a mortar squad leader with F Company.<\/p>\n
After the Army, Brown went to work as an explosives technician at DuPont and Co. He is survived by two daughters, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, according to his obituary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Fair winds and following seas, SSgt. Brown<\/p>\n
Army Times Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"