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Sissonne, France, 1945: A cloud of parachutes descends on an airfield in Sissonne, France…
Sissonne, France, 03/14/1945
SC 222750Field no. ETO-HQ-45-3406RG 111
Original caption
A cloud of parachutes descends on an airfield in Sissonne, France, through a haze of smoke, as paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Corps, First Allied Airborne Army, make a mass practice Jump. 3/14/45
- Date
- 03/14/1945
- Place
- Sissonne, France · approximate position
- Photographer
- Jack Clemmer
- Units
- 82nd Airborne Division
- SC number
- 222750
- Field number
- ETO-HQ-45-3406
- Album
- 82nd Airborne Division
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs
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