Jumpmaster training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 7 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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1443. '7 July 44. Allen. The jumpmasters chute, and aid to teach officer the way to release equipment before they jump. The jumpmasters trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, under Major Davis, head of the jumpmaster school. 168-L-44-1783.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Allen. 7 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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Military training--Georgia
Parachutes--American--Georgia
Airplanes--American--Georgia
Military officers--American--Georgia