'''Rakkasan''' is a Japanese term roughly meaning "falling umbrella". It was applied to paratroopers of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the [[101st Airborne Division]]. [http://www.gertzfile.com/gertzfile/ring052402.html] | '''Rakkasan''' is a Japanese term roughly meaning "falling umbrella". It was applied to paratroopers of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the [[101st Airborne Division]]. [http://www.gertzfile.com/gertzfile/ring052402.html] |