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Aerial view of a clearing with soldiers from the African American 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion jumping with parachutes in the distance

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Caption on back: "Terrain such as that pictured above is taken in stride [by] jumpers of the all-Negro 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion. They so manipulate their 'chutes' that they land safely in the small clearings shown above. 3-29-46.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
Contributors:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Created Date:
1946 03 29
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Military

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Soldiers
  2. African American Troops
  3. African Americans
  4. Armed Forces
  5. Military Bases
  6. Military Training
  7. Parachuting
  8. Paratroopers
  9. United States
  10. United States. Army

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