US Army Air Forces Officer Addressing Civilians at TPS, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1944

Gift of Morton Steinberg
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Photograph. An US Army Air Forces officer is wearing a dress uniform of "pinks and greens" while speaking to a large group of civilians in suits. There is a single sergeant paratrooper sitting in the audience. The photo serial number on the front is "169028." 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--United States
Paratroopers--American--United States
Officers--American--United States
Rifles--American--United States
Officers--American--United States
Pigeons--United States