Jump school in Vietnam, 1967

Jump school in Vietnam, 1967

South Vietnam, August 21, 1967

Participants in the 101st Airborne's "jump school" at Phan Rang await the moment of truth as they prepare to parachute from an Air Force C-123 in the skies over South Vietnam. When the grueling, eight-day course ended, 46 U.S. servicemen received their "jump wings."

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