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U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph
1943: How U
11/23/1943
SC 189309Field no. ETO-HQ-43-8951RG 111
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Original caption
How U. S. paratroopers are training in England. Two paratroopers assemble a 75mm howitzer which has been dropped to earth in sections by parachutes. A crew of nine is needed to assemble and operate the weapon. This scene is part of paratrooper maneuvers in the European Theatre of Operations. England, November 23, 1943.
- Date
- 11/23/1943
- Photographer
- Runyan
- Units
- 101st Airborne Division
- SC number
- 189309
- Field number
- ETO-HQ-43-8951
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs
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