Student paratroopers getting ready to jump out of airplane at Fort Benning, Georgia on 5 September 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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1632. '5 Sept 44. Cherry. Sgt John E. Long of Baltimore, Md, and Sgt Joseph E. Scott, Norfolk Virginia, tapping student paratroopers out of C-46 in final stage of their training. Both men are instructors at Parachute Training School, Ft Benning, Ga. 168-L-44-2878.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Cherry. 5 September 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
Jumping--Georgia