FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Sixty-four paratroopers, from the 82nd Airborne Division's Special Troops Battalion, honor the 33 rescued Chilean miners during a jump on Fort Bragg's Normandy Drop Zone, Oct. 14. The jumpers joined Chilean Army Col. Cristian Guede...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - A paratrooper, from the 82nd Airborne Division's Special Troops Battalion, prepares for a Parachute Landing Fall during a jump to honor the 33 rescued Chilean miners on Fort Bragg's Normandy Drop Zone Oct. 14. Sixty-four paratroo...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Chilean Army Col. Cristian Guedelhoefer pins Chilean Jump Wings on a paratrooper after they honored the 33 rescued Chilean miners with a jump of Fort Bragg's Normandy Drop Zone, Oct. 14. Sixty-four paratroopers joined Guedelhoefer...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Chilean Army Col. Cristian Guedelhoefer, a Chilean liaison officer with the 82nd Airborne Division, pins Chilean jump wings on the chest of 82nd paratroopers at Normandy drop zone Oct. 14. The jump dedicated to the 33 Chilean mine...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - On Oct. 14, 2010, 64 paratroopers, from the 82nd Airborne Division, honored the 33 rescued Chilean miners during a jump on Fort Bragg, N.C.

Jumpers from the 82nd Division, Special Troops Battalion, joined Chilean Army Col. Cristian Guedelhoefer, who was the primary jumpmaster, in dedicating the jump to honor the rescued Chilean miners.

"Now, the 82nd Airborne is part of the rest of the world who has expressed their feelings and happiness after these long 69 days under 2,066 feet underground," Guedelhoefer said. "Thanks again in the name of my country, my Army and my fellow citizens."

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