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[[image with caption below]] [[caption]] This sequence follows Pfc. Cornelius Jones, Kans. City, Kans., going through routine mock jumps. [[/caption]] [[image with caption below]] [[caption]] After putting on harness and 30-pound parachute Jones reports to be checked before he jumps. [[/caption]] [[image with caption below]] [[caption]] Through mock-up plane door, Jones makes jump test. He makes first jump after 4 weeks training. [[/caption]] [[image with caption below]] [[caption]] Inside mock-up troop transport, Jones and three others, forming a "stick", ready for trial jump. [[/caption]] [[image with caption below]] [[caption]] Jones eats in mess-hall next to Don Basinger of Salisbury, N.C., with whom he is best of friends. [[/caption]] [[image with caption below]] [[caption]] His bunkmate is Bob Kilcoy of Elmira, N.Y. At left is Pvt. Willard cummings, Cherokee Indian. [[/caption]] [[headline]] being trained to be ready to defend his country. Today, Negroes are getting their best chances. [[/headline]] [[column 1]] 75's, driving M-41's and M-26's. They're learning not only how to follow but also how to lead in combat tactics. Take a look at the pictures on these two pages. With white boys, many Negro youngsters, like Cornelius Jones above, at Ft. Benning, are grappling with the Army's paratroop [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] training program. As part of the proud troopers, they're learning the rigid discipline, fighting know-how and the rugged team spirit of the outfit. A paratrooper's life is no bed of roses, but these boys take to it like a 'chute to the breeze. They learn how to fall, how to put on their harness. For four weeks they learn how [[/column 2]] [[column 3]] to jump from two, to 34, to 250 feet, before they make the big 1,000 foot jump from a "Flying Boxcar." They are in fine physical shape, don't drink and do little smoking. In the pictures below, Negroes are taking full part in Ft. Lewis maneuvers. They can shoot down a strafing plane, or take prisoners. [[/column 3]] [[image with caption above]] [[caption]] Lt.-col. H.Y. Chase checks with white liaison officers at Bn. Command Post during the maneuvers. [[/caption]] [[image with caption above]] [[caption]] It is a mock warfare now for training, but this machine gun crew is prepared for real fighting. [[/caption]] [[image with caption above]] [[caption]] On the road forward, this mounted machine gun unit takes cover to guard soldiers from planes. [[/caption]] [[image with caption above]] [[caption]] Battalion field communications are used as means of contact with its own units and Regt. command. [[/caption]] [[image with caption above]] [[caption]] Chaplain Louis A. White (l.) of Long Beach, cal., with Pfc. Charles Sharpe of Oklahoma City, Okla. [[/caption]] [[image with caption above]] [[caption]] These guys mean business, even though it's a game. Prisoner is searched for valuable info. [[/caption]] (Continued on next page) OUR WORLD June Page 19
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