Paratroopers in Full Gear Before a Parachute Jump at TPS, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1944

Gift of Morton Steinberg
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Photograph. Three paratroopers sitting together in full gear with additional paratroopers are in the background. They are all sitting in chairs in a building waiting to board the aircraft for their drop. The photo serial number on the front is "169038." TPS Fort Benning, Georgia. After June 1944

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1944-07-
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Items from the service of Captain Morton H. Bernstein. Bernstein worked in the Army Air Forces, Material Command, Eastern Procurement District in New York. His primary task was to source and acquire material, primarily silk, for parachutes that were used by USAAF air crews and US Army paratroopers. This collection consists of sixty-six photographs of a site visit to Fort Benning, Georgia, showing paratrooper training, jumps, and civilian professionals inspecting parachute material.
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Fort Benning
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32.350
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-84.967
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Soldiers--American--United States
Paratroopers--American--United States
Parachutes--American--United States
Rifles--American--United States