Paratrooper training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 6 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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1316. '6 July 44 Barry. After 50 minutes of continuous double timing, a platoon of trainees in the 'A' Stage of paratroop training shows surprisingly little fatigue as they come down the home stretch ignoring the speed limit marker. Initial training takes place at the Parachute School, Alabama Area, Ft. Benning, Georgia. 168-L-44-1593.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Barry. Fort Benning, Georgia. 6 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
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Paratroopers--Georgia
Military training--Georgia
Running--Georgia