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As the plane rises to the required height over Manitoba's Camp Shilo, these Canadian paratroopers await the signal to jump. Fit and ready after months(...)
As the plane rises to the required height over Manitoba's Camp Shilo, these Canadian paratroopers await the signal to jump. Fit and ready after months(...)

As the plane rises to the required height over Manitoba's Camp Shilo, these Canadian paratroopers await the signal to jump. Fit and ready after months(...)

Date5/14/1943
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Original Toronto Star caption: As the plane rises to the required height over Manitoba's Camp Shilo; these Canadian paratroopers await the signal to jump. Fit and ready after months of rugged training at Fort Benning; Ga.; they were among 60 men at Camp Shilo who made the first of a proposed long series of mass jumps.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0002152F
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