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Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

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Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

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Marine Corps gliders in flight from Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine with the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine glider pilot at Parris Island, S.C

Marine Corps gliders in flight from Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

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12002-32.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

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01/01/1939
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world war flight training gliders air bases south carolina parris island transparencies color farm security administration office of war information color photographs alfred t palmer photo marine glider page field ultra high resolution high resolution kodachrome film transparencies us marine corps united states history library of congress