Let's see:

1-The rescue of Mussolini from a hilltop in Italy by the German Airborne. This was truly incredible if you have ever read the story.

2-The Raid on the Los Banos prison camp in the pacific campaign. Rod Serling of "The Twilight Zone" was part of this. A Book about this was released shortly after the Iranian Hostage incident. Rescue raids were done several times in WW2 and one suggestion of the book was that we have forgotten how to do them.

3-Although not a battle when the USMC was retreating from Chosin their escape route was cut off when a critical bridge was blown up. An entire bridge!! was parachuted in to them, so they could finish their withdrawal.

4-The second Normandy invasion in the south of France often called "The Champagne Campaign" had successful drops. General Gavin himself suggested that the exploits of the little known 17th Airborne division were text book models of how to do it right.

There is a similar situation in LE that I have written about in other posts, in that the more successful a technique is the more likely it is that it will "not" become well known. It appears this also happens in military history as well. If there are not a lot of causalities and blunders it doesn't get much press. So success often remains hidden.