- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Portrait of Marie McMillin, famed parachutist and private in WACs, as a Parachute Rigger at Fort Benning, Georgia, 1944.
- Creator:
- United States. Army. Signal Corps
- Contributor to Resource:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1944
- Subject:
- Parachutes--Rigging
Women Soldiers
Military bases
Infantry School (U.S.)
United States. Army - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, 32.34697, -84.78705
United States, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, Fort Benning, 32.35237, -84.96882 - Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Photographic print of famed parachutist Marie McMillin in her WAC's uniform. Photograph was probably made at the time of a radio broadcast at Fort Benning in 1944. McMillin is wearing a Garrison hat with the parachute patch. The pin over her left pocket is the parachute "wings" pin with the unusual "R" overlay. Newspaper caption attached to verso of print: "Private Marie McMillin, of Fort Benning, has made 396 parachute jumps; she once bailed out at 24,000 feet." McMillin made the jumps prior to her enlistment in the WACs. Print verso stamped: "Watch Your Credit. Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps. No objection to reproducing or publishing this picture provided credit line 'Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps' appears on the photograph or page, except that permission must be obtained from the War Department if it is desired for use in commercial advertising."
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/52
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:52/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP551-06aa, Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive;
Photographic Collections; - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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