Private jumping from tower during parachute training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 10 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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1425. '10 July 44. Ecklund. Pvt. J. Auletla, class 131, Platoon is jumping off the mockup tower in Stage B, Lawson Field at Fort Benning, Ga.[Georgia]. This tower trains the men proper position before the parachute opens. 168-L-44-1749.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Ecklund. 10 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:
Towers--Georgia
Military training--Georgia
Parachutes--American--Georgia
Soldiers--American--Georgia
Jumping--Georgia