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Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. Power towing plane in background

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towing plane for the training gliders at page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant by the power plane which tows the training gliders at Page Field, Parris, Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towing plane for the training gliders at page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off, at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

A marine Lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

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

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. Power towing plane in background

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world war flight training air pilots gliders air bases south carolina parris island transparencies color parris island historical marine lieutenant marine lieutenant glider pilot glider pilot take off page field page field parris island power plane background aviators ww 2 in color american history kodachrome us marine corps united states history aviation aircraft library of congress
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01/01/1939
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
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Parris Island (historical) ,  32.32806, -80.69148
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Left to right: Admiral W.H. Standley, United States Ambassador to Russia; Mr. Alexander Kirk, United States Minister to Egypt; Colonel T.S. Riggs (representing General Maxwell). Photograph taken at airport near Cairo as Mr. Kirk and Colonel Riggs saw Admiral Standley take-off for America. Photograph taken Tuesday, October 13, 1942

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Up she goes. A barrage balloon takes to the air under the capable handling of a Marine Corps ground crew at Parris Island, South Carolina. Special marine units assigned to the work have made the balloon barrage an effective method of preventing enemy air attacks on important locations

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Up she goes. A barrage balloon takes to the air under the capable handling of a Marine Corps ground crew at Parris Island, South Carolina. Special marine units assigned to the work have made the balloon barrage an effective method of preventing enemy air attacks on important locations

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. Trainees ready for flight

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. An aerial "tugboat" of the Marine Corps. The leatherneck pilot of this glider will tow three planes high above Page Field at Parris Island, South Carolina as part of six-week training course the Marines are giving to selected units

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. Trainees and instructor

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. Trainee ready for flight

Weyman, George Grantham Bain Collection, Portrait photo, Library of Congress

Parris Island, South Carolina. Special United States Marine units in training bedding down a big barrage balloon

U.S. Marine Corps, bedding down a big barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C.

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make the best of all the new fighting tools. Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina take a six-week course during which each student must complete 1000 successful takeoffs and landings. The plane is towing the three gliders

[Side view from below of Orville soaring in level flight, spectators looking up at glider; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

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world war flight training air pilots gliders air bases south carolina parris island transparencies color parris island historical marine lieutenant marine lieutenant glider pilot glider pilot take off page field page field parris island power plane background aviators ww 2 in color american history kodachrome us marine corps united states history aviation aircraft library of congress