Master Sergeant Demonstrating full Parachute Gear at TPS, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1944
Photograph. Photograph of a master sergeant demonstrating full parachute gear. He is wearing a T-5 parachute with an A-3 reserve parachute, a folding stock carbine is secured to his chest behind the reserve chute, and he appears to have a Hawkins or M7 anti-tank mine attached to his left leg. The large bag to his front is most likely a BG-172 bag holding a SCR-694 radio set. The photo serial number on the front is "169056." This photo is part of a three part series, 2014.574.022-.024. TPS Fort Benning, Georgia. After June 1944