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Piece of parachute from Market Garden


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Because Market Garden was a day jump, their are actual photos of parachutes coming down to earth. My recollection is that most were camo, but you do see a few white canopies as well. Obviously, air crew chutes would have also been white as would the reserve chutes worn by the paratroopers. I have been told several times by vets that a lot of guys didn't even bother to wear a reserve chute because they were going to be jumping low enough that they wouldn't be able to deploy a reserve in the event of  main canopy failure.

 

Nice pieces.

 

Allan

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