Honoring the 25th Anniversary of the Green Ramp Disaster

[The Patriot]

Twenty five years ago, the 82nd Airborne Division and Fort Bragg suffered its most deaths in a single day since WWII’s Battle of the Bulge.A jet fighter crashed into a fully fueled C-141 and both aircrafts exploded sending a debris-filled fireball into 500 Army Paratroopers engaged in pre-jump activities.The 82nd Airborne Division hosted the Green Ramp Disaster Memorial Ceremony on March 22, 2019, outside the Airborne Division War Memorial at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The memorial ceremony commemorated the 24 paratroopers who died and over 100 who were injured on that catastrophic day.


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