Paratrooper 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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1597. '25 July 44. Ecklund. Stg. Robert Melzer, rigging division, is instructing members of Hdq, Btry. 676th Glider F.A. Btn. 13th Airborne Div. in the method of packing a 'chute. They are in hanger C at Lawson Field, Ft. Benning, Ga. 168-L-44-2154.' 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
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Paratroopers--Georgia
Parachutes--American--Georgia
Military training--Georgia