
Caption | Members of the 82nd Airborne Division having their gear checked by the jumpmaster for the last time before entering their C-47 Dakotas for the Market Garden operation at Cottesmore airfield, England, 17 Sep 1944 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Meyer | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 17 Sep 1944 | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Added Date | 1 Jan 2006 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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