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Paratroopers usually carried these strapped to the ankle with web straps cut from musette bags, and a leather lace at the bottom to secure to the boot. Shown here is an M6 leather scabbard, and later knives were carried in an M8 fiber scabbard.
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Paratrooper Carbine (bottom) During World War II about 1.9 million M1911A1 (aka the Colt .45) .45 caliber pistols were procured by the U.S. Government for all the armed forces.
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Jun 6, 2012 · Imagine the terror. You’re D-Day paratrooper, one of 13,000 American soldiers who’ve dropped behind enemy lines to fight the Germans in Normandy.
Paratrooper dressed in full gear in Fort Benning, Georgia on 28 June 1944 U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift in Memory of Maurice T. White, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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Almost 1,000 C-47 transport planes delivered more than 13,000 paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions from the skies above northern France. Each plane carried up to 16 paratroopers, each weighed down with 125 to 150 pounds of gear.
This collection consists of sixty-six photographs of a site visit to Fort Benning, Georgia, showing paratrooper training, jumps, and civilian professionals inspecting parachute material. Geography: Fort Benning
