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TWO U.S. ARMY PARACHUTISTS INJURED DURING 2008 MCGUIRE AIR EXPO

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During the 2008 McGuire Air Expo, two of 40 U.S. Army members of the 82nd Airborne Division drop team were injured upon landing on the drop zone.  McGuire emergency medical teams responded quickly to provide treatment to the two parachutists.  Both members were conscious after the incident and were transferred via ambulance to Helen Fuld Hospital in Trenton, N.J.

For more information, contact the 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs
Office at (910) 309-6442 or (910) 303-0691.

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For more information, call the 305th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
Office at (609) 754-2104.