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German Army Lt. Col. Andreas Wichert, left, liaison officer to the 18th Airborne Corps, "pins" German jump wings on Army Sgt. 1st Class Shane Weigel at Sicily Drop Zone for the 17th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2014. For Weigel, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, it was his third set of German jump wings.

German Army Lt. Col. Andreas Wichert, left, liaison officer to the 18th Airborne Corps, "pins" German jump wings on Army Sgt. 1st Class Shane Weigel at Sicily Drop Zone for the 17th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2014. For Weigel, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, it was his third set of German jump wings.

German Army Lt. Col. Andreas Wichert, left, liaison officer to the 18th Airborne Corps, "pins" German jump wings on Army Sgt. 1st Class Shane Weigel at Sicily Drop Zone for the 17th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2014. For Weigel, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, it was his third set of German jump wings.

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