File:Marine balloon-barrage unit in training at Parris Island, South Carolina, 1942 (27802727091).jpg

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Description Lot-1822-7: Marine Corps Base, Parris Island, South Carolina, May 1942. When a husky leatherneck throws his weight on a line, things come his way. A member of a Marine balloon-barrage unit in training at Parris Island, helps to ground one of the big bags that the Corps has added to its kit of fighting tools. Office of War Information. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/06/24).
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/27802727091. It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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current18:54, 10 July 2018Thumbnail for version as of 18:54, 10 July 20182,260 × 2,883 (441 KB)Hiàn (alt) (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons

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