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Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. The leathernecks make a strong medicine against Axis aircraft. Special marine units in training at Parris Island, South Carolina send up part of a tactical formation of barrage balloons that prevent dive bombing and the strafing of important ground installations

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Parris Island, South Carolina. Tactical formations of barrage balloons prevent dive bombing and the strafing of important ground installations. The Leathernecks are developing an excellent technique in this method of protecting important locations from enemy aircraft

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. The leathernecks make a strong medicine against Axis aircraft. Special marine units in training at Parris Island, South Carolina send up part of a tactical formation of barrage balloons that prevent dive bombing and the strafing of important ground installations

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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. The leathernecks make a strong medicine against Axis aircraft. Special marine units in training at Parris Island, South Carolina send up part of a tactical formation of barrage balloons that prevent dive bombing and the strafing of important ground installations

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Location

Parris Island (historical), 32.32806, -80.69148

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Library of Congress

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