Paratrooper training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 26 June 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift in Memory of Maurice T. White, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
Description:
1303. '26 June 1944. Von Stroheim. Long shot of interior of plane men of 542nd. Parachute Inf. Bn. ready to jump First night of Jumpmasters Training Course. Lawson Field. 168-L-44-1391.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Von Stroheim. Lawson Field, Fort Benning, Georgia. 26 June 1944
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From the collection of Maurice T. White, Captain in the 168th Signal Photographic Company, US Army Signal Corps. The collection consists of 2,000+ images of training exercises, predominantly documenting the 81st Infantry Division in the United States in 1944
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Fort Benning
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32.350
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-84.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Paratroopers--Georgia
Military training--Georgia
Airplanes--American--Georgia