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US Marine paratroopers training on handling parachutes in heavy winds, Navy Auxiliary Air Station at Camp Kearny, California (now Miramar), 1942. Note rare R3D aircraft, only 12 such planes were made.

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Caption     US Marine paratroopers training on handling parachutes in heavy winds, Navy Auxiliary Air Station at Camp Kearny, California (now Miramar), 1942. Note rare R3D aircraft, only 12 such planes were made. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name San Diego, California, United States
Date  May 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-K-13967
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 900 x 718 pixels



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