A recruit jumps from a tower during parachute training at Chesterfield in Derbyshire, 17 September 1942. H22994

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A member of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, North Carolina, parachutes to the ground at Charleston Air Force Base after jumping from a C-17 Globemaster III, 15th Airlift Squadron Charleston AFB, South Carolina. The jump is part of the 82nd Airborne Division Associations annual convention in downtown Charleston Aug. 8-12. 300 members of the 82nd exited the C-17s in six passes. "The jump is the keystone event," said Captain Terrance McGraw, USA, event coordinator and commander, Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division Support Command, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, "It is part nostalgia and here is how we do it today. We have the utmost respect for the World War II...

A member of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, North Carolina, parachutes to the ground at Charleston Air Force Base after jumping from a C-17 Globemaster III, 15th Airlift Squadron Charleston AFB, South Carolina. The jump is part of the 82nd Airborne Division Associations annual convention in downtown Charleston Aug. 8-12. 300 members of the 82nd exited the C-17s in six passes. "The jump is the keystone event," said Captain Terrance McGraw, USA, event coordinator and commander, Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division Support Command, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, "It is part nostalgia and here is how we do it today. We have the utmost respect for the World War II...

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Members of the Command Exhibition Parachute Team, the

A recruit jumps from a tower during parachute training at Chesterfield in Derbyshire, 17 September 1942. H22994

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A recruit jumps from a tower during parachute training at Chesterfield in Derbyshire, 17 September 1942.
A paratroop recruit jumps from the parachute tower at Chesterfield in Derbyshire, 17 September 1942.

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british army 1939 1945 images from the imperial war museum
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parachute training in world war ii
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photographs by edward g malindine
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uk government artistic works
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war office second world war official collection
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great britain
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world war 2
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