manayunkman Posted February 27, 2012 Share #1 Posted February 27, 2012 I got this years ago from an 82nd AB. vet. He wanted a date but became friends and got this photo. Marie McMillin champion parachutist. This is one of the coolest photos I own. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandmod Posted February 27, 2012 Share #2 Posted February 27, 2012 There's a story here! Leonardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted February 27, 2012 Share #3 Posted February 27, 2012 There's a story here!Leonardo She gets mentioned elsewhere on the forum: she was WAC private and parachute rigger at Fort Benning, Georgia in WWII. And, "she had approximately 400 parachute jumps from a wide variety of altitudes. She was also famous for having made a name for herself by jumping out of one airplane and landing in another while in flight! In 1932, she made a jump of over 20,000 feet!" She appeared in a Camel ad in 1939 and a New Yorker magazine article in 1943 before she joined the WACs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 27, 2012 Share #4 Posted February 27, 2012 Ironic really. Little did she know it, but here was more risk to her from smoking that Camel than hurling herself out of a plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinephalen Posted February 27, 2012 Share #5 Posted February 27, 2012 VERY interesting photo! I would love a sit down interview with her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted February 27, 2012 Share #6 Posted February 27, 2012 VERY interesting photo! I would love a sit down interview with her! I agree! This is a great photo! Thanks for posting this! .....Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Andrews Posted February 27, 2012 Share #7 Posted February 27, 2012 See page 114 in "Airborne Album, 1943-1945, Normandy to Victory" for a photo of her doing a "Women at War" radio broadcast from Ft Benning, July 1944. In the picture she wears no chevrons at all, but does have jump wings (with "R" added on), oval, ABC SSI and parachute cap disc (on a WAC "banana" cap, with green-gold piping). Summer khaki unif. I would post a scan, but have never been successful at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandmod Posted February 27, 2012 Share #8 Posted February 27, 2012 Yes.....I love her! Leonardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scottiques Posted May 16, 2020 Share #10 Posted May 16, 2020 Amazing photograph and story-- thanks for bumping this one up! Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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