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
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1306. '26 June 1944. Von Stroheim. S/S T. Boltinghouse, Hq. Co. 542nd Paratroop Infantry Battalion keeps in contact with ground troops at all times. Checking winds and movements of troops. 168-L-44-1394.' 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
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Paratroopers--Georgia
Military training--Georgia
Airplanes--American--Georgia