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The section sergeant of a 75-mm howitzer section of paratroopers, Battery C, 377th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division, inspects his men's parachutes before they load into…

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Newbury, Berks, England, 1944: The section sergeant of a 75-mm howitzer section of paratroopers…

Newbury, Berks, England, 03/10/1944

SC 293646Field no. ETO-FA-44-529RG 111
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The section sergeant of a 75-mm howitzer section of paratroopers, Battery C, 377th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division, inspects his men's parachutes before they load into the C-47 cargo planes. The section sergeant is also the jumping master Newbury, Berks, England. 10 March 1944

Date
03/10/1944
Place
Newbury, Berks, England · approximate position
Photographer
Lt Charles Collier
Units
101st Airborne Division, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
SC number
293646
Field number
ETO-FA-44-529
Album
101st Airborne Division
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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