Dwarfed by and silhouetted against clouds of smoke (created to provide cover), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-47_Skytrain" class="extiw" title="en:C-47 Skytrain">C-47</a> transport planes from the US Army Air Forces drop a battalion of the U.S. 503rd Parachute Regiment at Nadzab. A battalion dropped minutes earlier is landing in the foreground. General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alan_Vasey" class="extiw" title="en:George Alan Vasey">Vasey</a> was in the plane from which the photograph was taken
US Army
1943-09-05
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