This paratrooper has just left the top of the 250 ft. free tower at Fort Benning, Georgia on 17 July 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift in Memory of Maurice T. White, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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1516. '17 July 44. Ecklund. This paratrooper has just left the top of the 250 ft. free tower on Stage C jump training, Fort Benning, Georgia. He is part of the class 131, Co. E, and is learning how to land without injury. 168-L-44-1919.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Ecklund. 17 July 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
Parachutes--American--Georgia
Military facilities--American--Georgia
Military training--Georgia