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Parachute troops

LC control no.sh 85097730
LC classificationUD480 UD485
Topical headingParachute troops
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Variant(s)Parachuters
Parachutists
Paratroopers
Paratroops
See alsosubdivision Parachute troops under armies, e.g. United States. Army--Parachute troops; and subdivision Armed Forces--Parachute troops under names of countries, e.g. United States--Armed Forces--Parachute troops
Airborne troops
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Found inWork cat.: 2014512575: Piattelli, A. Memorias de los soldados paracaidistas clase 1941 de la Escuela de Tropas Aerotransportadas de CoĢrdoba, 2012: t.p. ([cataloger's translation] parachutist soldiers)
Merriam-Webster unabridged, via WWW, Dec. 16 2015 (parachutist, noun, also parachuter: one that parachutes; specifically: a soldier trained and equipped to parachute from an airplane; paratrooper, noun: 1, also paratroop: a member of the paratroops; 2: a military person parachuting from an airplane; paratroops, plural noun: troops trained and equipped to parachute from an airplane)