Men of glider battalion are rigging up parachute for paratrooper in training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 25 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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1592. '25 July 44. Ecklund. Men of 676th Glider F.A. Bn., 13th Airborne Div. are rigging up the 'chute for T/4 Thomas Thompson who is about to jump from the 250 ft. Free Fall Tower at 'J' stage, Ft. Benning, Ga. 168-L-44-2149.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Ecklund. 25 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:
Paratroopers--Georgia
Parachutes--American--Georgia
Towers--Georgia
Military training--Georgia