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Photograph - Operation Fire Fly (

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Creator

Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. 9/26/1947

Title

Photograph - Operation Fire Fly

Description

Original Caption: Operation Firefly - High above the ground in a stately pine and fir trees, a parachute is left dangling. The chutist, an experienced man at the game, has climbed out of his harness and down the tree by means of the 150 foot rope which all troopers carry. Later he will return for the parachute after the forest fire has been extinguished.

Date

1945

Collection

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
Parent institution	National Archives at College Park
Location	College Park , United States of America
Coordinates	39° 00′ 02.16″ N, 76° 57′ 34.7″ W
Website	www.archives.gov/college-park/photographs
Authority file	: Q59661040 NAID: 31

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by National Archives and Records Administration as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Digital Public Library of America.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: 583bf1594150bfb9b1e2ce2401f9d3d4
National Archives Identifier: 148728172

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