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Fort Scott West Point cadets at an unknown airfield, 1930s

Fort Scott West Point cadets at an unknown airfield, 1930s

Fort Scott West Point cadets in parachute harnesses and uniforms at an unknown airfield, 1930s

West Point Cadets in Parachute Uniforms

West Point Cadets in Parachute Uniforms

Fort Scott West Point Academy cadets in parachute harnesses and uniforms, Crissy Field, c. 1930s.

WPA cadets in parachute harnesses, c. 1930s

WPA cadets in parachute harnesses, c. 1930s

Fort Scott West Point Academy cadets in parachute harnesses and uniforms, Crissy Field, c. 1930s.

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband went into the air corps, Mary Saverick makes parachute harnesses for him and all the other husbands and brothers in the corps. "He's doing all he can to help win the war," she says, "it's only right that I should, too." Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his family in charge of his farm so that he could make these parachute harnesses in an Eastern plant. One of his sons is in the Marines, a nephew is in the Army. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his fam...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband went into the air corps, Mary Saverick makes parachute harnesses for him and all the other husbands and brothers in the corps. "He's doing all he can to help win the war," she says, "it's only right that I should, too." Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband ...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his family in charge of his farm so that he could make these parachute harnesses in an Eastern plant. One of his sons is in the Marines, a nephew is in the Army. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his fam...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his family in charge of his farm so that he could make these parachute harnesses in an Eastern plant. One of his sons is in the Marines, a nephew is in the Army. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his fam...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

'Kilkenny's Circus' - Parachute Training School. Paratroops undergoing synthetic training Art.IWMARTLD3922

'Kilkenny's Circus' - Parachute Training School. Paratroops undergoing...

'English: kilkenny's Circus' - Parachute Training School. Paratroops undergoing synthetic training image: inside a training hall. In the foreground there are several trainees hanging from harnesses suspended fr... More

An air gunner of No. 264 Squadron RAF about to enter the gun turret of his Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940. CH874

An air gunner of No. 264 Squadron RAF about to enter the gun turret of...

An air gunner of No. 264 Squadron RAF about to enter the gun turret of his Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940. An air-gunner of No. 264 Squadron RAF about to enter the gun... More

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 D15115

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation...

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 Storeroom staff check through British flying kit ready for issue at a US Army Air Corps store at an airfield, some... More

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 D15146

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation...

British Equipment at An American Airfield- Anglo-american Co-operation in Wartime Britain, 1943 Sergeant Monette R Foreman from Liberty, Mississippi packs a parachute into a British-made parachute harness at an... More

British paratroops fitting their parachute harnesses before entering a Dakota during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944. H37706

British paratroops fitting their parachute harnesses before entering a...

British paratroops fitting their parachute harnesses before entering a Dakota during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944. Paratroopers fitting their parachute harnesses before entering a Dakot... More

Careless Talk May Cost His Life Art.IWMPST13955

Careless Talk May Cost His Life Art.IWMPST13955

Careless Talk May Cost His Life whole: the image occupies the whole. The title and text are separate and positioned in the lower quarter, in black and in white, held within an orange inset. image: a three-quart... More

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 TR177

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 TR177

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 Men of the Airborne Division adjusting their harness alongside Armstrong Whitworth Whitley `PX-G' of No 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 TR178

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 TR178

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 Close-up of men of the Airborne Division adjusting their harness alongside Armstrong Whitworth Whitley `PX-G' of No 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 TR185A

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 TR185A

Paratroop Training in Netheravon, Britain, October 1942 Men of the Airborne Division adjusting their harness alongside Armstrong Whitworth Whitley `PX-G' of No 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Paratroopers learn to land correctly using a special harness at RAF Ringway, August 1942. H22867

Paratroopers learn to land correctly using a special harness at RAF Ri...

Paratroopers learn to land correctly using a special harness at RAF Ringway, August 1942. Inside a hangar, a paratrooper learns to land correctly using a special harness.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command 1939-1941. D4751

Royal Air Force Bomber Command 1939-1941. D4751

Royal Air Force Bomber Command 1939-1941. Bomber crews mount the flatbed of a dispersal truck before being transported to their aircraft for an operation. Most are wearing Irvin Harnessuits, a short-legged fly... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. CH750

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. CH750

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Aircrews of No. 40 Squadron RAF board a lorry for transport to their dispersed Bristol Blenheims at Wyton, Cambridgeshire. They are all wearing the Irvin Harnessuit, ... More

Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. CH2374

Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. CH2374

Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. An instructor shows a pupil pilot how to fasten his parachute safety harness, in front of a De Havilland Tiger Moth at No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School... More

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CI444

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CI444

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. A trainee pilot shoulders his parachute harness in front of Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at No. 151 (Fighter) Operational Training Unit, Risalpur, India.

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H37730

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H37730

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Paratroopers adjust their parachute harnesses during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944.

The Indian Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q7941

The Indian Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q7941

The Indian Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Lieutenant Colonel Audain, of the War Office, about to ascend in an Observation Balloon near Chocques, 31 July, 1918. Note the parachute harness worn by him. Phot... More

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q12025

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q12025

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Two artillery officers acting as observers in RAF kite balloons, fixing on their parachute harnesses.

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q12026

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q12026

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The basket of a kite balloon, showing the observer's parachute attached to it, and the parachute harness attached to the officer. Photograph taken on 2 May... More

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q12027

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q12027

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Two observer officers in the basket of a kite balloon. Note the telephones, map rest, parachute and parachute harness. Photograph taken in Gosnay, 2 May 1918

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q12028

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q12028

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Two observer officers in the basket of a kite balloon. Note the telephones, map rest, parachute and parachute harness. Photograph taken in Gosnay, 2 May 1918

British parachute training 1942

British parachute training 1942

Men of the Airborne Division adjusting their harness alongside Armstrong Whitworth Whitley `PX-G' of No 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

1A1182101XII054 (15244513221) (cropped)

1A1182101XII054 (15244513221) (cropped)

Front britannique. Officier observateur anglais inspectant son parachute. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1A1182101XII054 (15244513221) during World War I

1A1182101XII054 (15244513221) during World War I

Front britannique. Officier observateur anglais inspectant son parachute. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company Mills1a35384v

Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company M...

Title: Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company Mills, Manchester, Conn.

Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company Mills, Manchester, Conn. LCCN2017878606

Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company M...

Title: Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company Mills, Manchester, Conn. Abstract/medium: 1 transparency : color.

US Navy 070626-N-6247M-001 Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brandon McMahan, from Indianapolis, checks the safety harness of a Boy Scout on the parachute over water simulator tower

US Navy 070626-N-6247M-001 Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brandon McMahan...

WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (June 26, 2007) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brandon McMahan, from Indianapolis, checks the safety harness of a Boy Scout on the parachute over water simulator tower. Whidbey Island’s Av... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Martin, the noncommissioned officer in charge of survival, evasion, resistance and escape training for the 52nd Fighter Wing, treads water after disengaging his parachute harness 110729-F-MS171-022

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Martin, the noncommissioned officer i...

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Martin, the noncommissioned officer in charge of survival, evasion, resistance and escape training for the 52nd Fighter Wing, treads water after disengaging his parachute harne... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jim Stokman, center, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft pilot with the 81st Fighter Squadron, straps himself into a parachute harness during water survival training at Spangdahlem Air Base 110729-F-MS171-052

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jim Stokman, center, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircra...

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jim Stokman, center, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft pilot with the 81st Fighter Squadron, straps himself into a parachute harness during water survival training at Spangdahlem Air Base in ... More

Caressa Cameron Parachute Simulator 2

Caressa Cameron Parachute Simulator 2

A U.S. Soldier, from 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) performs safety checks, on a parachute harness Miss America Caressa Cameron, right, is wearing, for a parachute simulator, during her vi... More

US Navy 021115-N-5862D-002 Naval Survival Training Institute

US Navy 021115-N-5862D-002 Naval Survival Training Institute

Aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola (Nov. 15, 2002) -- Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class, Jerry Morrish, from Katy, Texas, demonstrates how students at the Naval Survival Training Institute receive familiarizat... More

US Navy 100205-N-6019M-010 Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen jump into the water amid parachutes during the Parachute Egress Course

US Navy 100205-N-6019M-010 Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen jum...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 5, 2010) Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen jump into the water amid parachutes during the Parachute Egress Course. The course teaches special warfare combatant-craft crewmen th... More

Defense.gov photo essay 110802-A-FS865-267

Defense.gov photo essay 110802-A-FS865-267

Army Col. Christopher Sharpton stands by as Sgt. 1st Class Danny Ibara inspects his parachute harness before an airborne operation at the St. Mere Eglise drop zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 2, 2011. Sharpton i... More

Defense.gov photo essay 111017-A-3108M-003

Defense.gov photo essay 111017-A-3108M-003

Army Staff Sgt. Joe Abeln, left, fits Spc. Allen Klingsporn into a tandem parachute harness near Laurinburg, N.C., Oct, 17, 2011. Klingsporn is a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigad... More

Uzbekistan soldiers (1997)

Uzbekistan soldiers (1997)

Uzbekistan soldiers have their parachute harnesses checked before a practice jump from a tower at Fort Bragg, N. C., on Sept. 8, 1997. The soldiers will take part in the longest distance airborne operation in ... More

US Navy 020509-N-8047K-001 Actor David Keith

US Navy 020509-N-8047K-001 Actor David Keith

Pensacola, FL (May 8, 2002) -- Chief Petty Officer Ben J. McNair (left) monitors actor David Keith as he steps off the platform of the parachute-simulator. The simulator pulls students into the water and teac... More

US Navy 030328-N-9593M-016 Deputy Commander of Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) adjust his parachute harness as he prepares to launch from one of four steam catapults aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

US Navy 030328-N-9593M-016 Deputy Commander of Carrier Air Wing Fourte...

The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 28, 2003) -- Deputy Commander of Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) adjust his parachute harness as he prepares to launch from one of four steam catapults aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN... More

Defense.gov photo essay 090708-A-1840M-777

Defense.gov photo essay 090708-A-1840M-777

U.S. Army Spc. Ian Brown, left, helps Pvt. Andrew Brown put on his harness at the Army Airborne School during the first phase of parachute training known as "ground week" on Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. Th... More

United States Marines - USMC-090803-M-7753H-009

United States Marines - USMC-090803-M-7753H-009

Every pilot of an F/A-18 puts on pounds of gear in preparation of flight. The main components of the gear are the anti-g suit, the parachute harness, the helmet and the survival vest. The preparation that goes... More

United States Marines - USMC-090803-M-7753H-012

United States Marines - USMC-090803-M-7753H-012

Every pilot of an F/A-18 puts on pounds of gear in preparation of flight. The main components of the gear are the anti-g suit, the parachute harness, the helmet and the survival vest. The preparation that goes... More

United States Marines - USMC-090803-M-7753H-018

United States Marines - USMC-090803-M-7753H-018

Capt. John Dinh, a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, puts his gear on as he gets ready to go on a flight. The main components of the gear are the anti-g suit, the parachute harness, the h... More

US Navy 090604-N-0413R-096 Students are hoisted to a platform at the Aviation Survival Training Center in Jacksonville, Fla. where they will strap into a parachute harness and practice releasing themselves into the pool

US Navy 090604-N-0413R-096 Students are hoisted to a platform at the A...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 4, 2009) Students are hoisted to a platform at the Aviation Survival Training Center in Jacksonville, Fla. where they will strap into a parachute harness and practice releasing themsel... More

Defense.gov photo essay 090616-A-3108M-013

Defense.gov photo essay 090616-A-3108M-013

U.S. paratroopers wait in harnesses on Pope Air Force Base’s green ramp for the call to board a C-130 aircraft for a training jump on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 16, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airb... More

United States Marines - USMC-111020-M-AX780-001

United States Marines - USMC-111020-M-AX780-001

Gunnery Sgt. Tammy A. Belleville inspects one of her Marines’ harness before beginning parachute operations training at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, Oct. 20. The purpose of this training is to ... More

Defense.gov photo essay 120526-A-3108M-001

Defense.gov photo essay 120526-A-3108M-001

U.S. Army Spc. Michael Sanchez is helped into his harness by a buddy prior to a combat logistics patrol on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 26, 2012. Sanchez, a gunner, is ass... More

United States Marines - USMC-111216-M-0901H-004

United States Marines - USMC-111216-M-0901H-004

Staff Sgt. Joshua Kircher, assistant platoon sergeant, 1st platoon, Company B, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, begins undoing his harness before recovering his parachute during the 2nd Recon... More

Defense.gov photo essay 090708-A-1840M-002

Defense.gov photo essay 090708-A-1840M-002

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. William Wallace, right, an instructor known as a "black hat," secures a static line to the harness of U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Hubez-Chartraw at the Army Airborne School o... More

USMC-06324

USMC-06324

Spc. Brandon Mellott, of 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, removes himself from his T-10 Delta parachute harness after a U.S.-Thai airborne skill badge exchange jump Feb 9, 2011, during Exercis... More

Staff Sgt. Patrick Liddle checks the harness straps of an Indian Army soldier during basic airborne refresher training

Staff Sgt. Patrick Liddle checks the harness straps of an Indian Army ...

Staff Sgt. Patrick Liddle, fire support sergeant with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, checks the... More

VR-Helm

VR-Helm

021115-N-5862D-001 NAS PENSACOLA--"Virtual Reality" Navy and Marine Corps aviators receive state of the art training at the Naval Survival Training Institute aboard NAS Pensacola Fla. Hospital Corpsman Second C... More

Desert Storm Uniforms

Desert Storm Uniforms

Shown in this plate are the various uniforms worn by Marines participating in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. These uniforms are current as of 16 January 1991, D-Day for Desert Storm. It should be n... More

U.S. Marines in the Middle East, 1991 (1991), by Donna J. Neary

U.S. Marines in the Middle East, 1991 (1991), by Donna J. Neary

Shown in this plate are the various uniforms worn by Marines participating in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. These uniforms are current as of 16 January 1991, D-Day for Desert Storm. It should be n... More

USMC-090803-M-7753H-020

USMC-090803-M-7753H-020

Capt. John Dinh, a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, checks his gear on as he gets ready to go on a flight. The main components of the gear are the anti-g suit, the parachute harness, the... More

USMC-090803-M-7753H-017

USMC-090803-M-7753H-017

Capt. John Dinh, a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, puts his gear on as he gets ready to go on a flight. The main components of the gear are the anti-g suit, the parachute harness, the h... More