Japanese paratroopers from the JGSDF’s 1st Airborne Brigade join the U.S. Army’s 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division in an airborne operation over Alaska on Aug. 12.
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Photo: JBER
This marks the first time that Japanese troops had jumped from an American plane over U.S. soil.
Both sides had carried out an airborne jump over Japan in February.