Men of glider battalion are rigging up parachute for paratrooper in training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 25 July 1944
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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