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SC 185991 C-47 Transport planes at New Guinea loaded with paratroopers. General Douglas Macarthur and Lieutenant General George Keaney, US Army, Commanding General, Fifth Air Force, September 1943.

C-47 Transport planes at New Guinea loaded with paratroopers. General Douglas Macarthur and Lieutenant General George Keaney, US Army, Commanding General, Fifth Air Force, September 1943.
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Title: C-47 Transport planes at New Guinea loaded with paratroopers. General Douglas Macarthur and Lieutenant General George Keaney, US Army, Commanding General, Fifth Air Force, September 1943.
Caption: C-47 Transport planes at New Guinea loaded with paratroopers at Jackson Drome near Port Moresby, just prior to the takeoff on an aerial assault at Markham River Area. General Douglas Macarthur and Lieutenant General George Keaney, US Army, Commanding General, Fifth Air Force, confer of this first use of parachute troops in the South West Pacific area, September 1943.
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Catalog #: SC 185991
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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