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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-13812 (Color)

WAVE Parachute Rigger 3rd Class

Holds up the pilot chute, as she demonstrates parachute packing tools and techniques, during World War II.
Parachute bag lettering indicates that the location is Naval Air Station, New York.
Note her Parachute Rigger rating badge, and framed prints of contemporary navy life on the wall behind her.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 81KB; 560 x 765 pixels

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9 February 2001