Fort Bragg Death Leads Army To Suspend Parachutes

Boston Globe, Boston Globe
Wed, 07/13/2011 - 5:10am

The Army has suspended the use of its new square parachutes because of problems found after a Fort Bragg soldier died during a training jump.

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