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Three men of 1st Parachute Squadron RE preparing a road with concrete.
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Major-General Hopkinson speaking to 21st Independent Parachute Company from a raised platform.
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Men of 1st Parachute Brigade raise their berets in the air during General Eisenhower's visit.
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1st Airborne Division training for the Operation Torch sea landings, 1943.
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Four men of 1st Parachute Squadron RE use shovels to repair a road.
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Two men of 1st Airborne Division run along a beach in training for seaborne landings, August 1943
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Seven men of 1st Airlanding Brigade relax in a simply furnished mess.
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Six men of 1st Airlanding Brigade sit round tables after a meal in their makeshift mess.
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Photo taken from jumping door of Douglas Dakota aircraft. A second plane can be seen through the open door.
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Sergeant Huntly using the mirror of a military vehicle to shave.
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Two RAMC orderlies lifting a man on a stretcher during an exercise, North Africa, 1943
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German patrol cars burning on the Beja road.
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Men operating 3 inch mortars.
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General Eisenhower shakes the hand of Lieutenant Colonel Frost.
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Sergeant Tucker washes his boots in a water trough. Other soldiers and locals look on.
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General Eisenhower walks down a line of paratroopers to thank them for their part in Operation Torch.
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Men from 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA spread their ammunition on the ground and discuss the opening range.
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Paratrooper using a glass bottle to crush biscuits to make fishcakes. Others look on.
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Men of South Staffordshire Regiment on parade.
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Two paratroopers lying behind fold in ground whilst a third stands and throws a No.36 grenade. July 1943.
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Airborne gunners operate a US 75mm pack gun.
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General Montgomery talks to a line of officers.
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Men of 1st Airborne Division listen intently to General Eisenhower, c1942/3.
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Soldier attends to the field grave of Corporal Page.
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1st Parachute Battalion marching through a hilly landscape, c1942.
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Three paratroopers stand in a wooded area at night. One helps the other with his kit.
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Brigadier Flavell, Commander of 1st Parachute Brigade faces the camera in his uniform.
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Two paratroopers use a PIAT.
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Men of 1st Battalion Border Regiment marching off from Church Parade, July 1943
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1st Bn soldiers pose with a camel and a local man, North Africa, 1942
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Maison Blanche hangar destroyed by fire after being attacked by Germans.
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1st Parachute Brigade War Memorial.
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Mike Lewis, late 2nd Parachute Battalion, at the memorial in the 'Red Valley' (Tamera Valley).
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2nd Parachute Battalion marching in Tunisia, c1942-3.
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Paratrooper using a Vickers Medium Machine Gun.
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General Eisenhower talks to an officer.
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Two men of 2nd Parachute Battalion take cover behind rocks at Medjez el Bab, November 1942.
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Inside of aircraft hangar destroyed by German air attack, Maison Blanche, 1942.
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Men of 16 Parachute Field Ambulance pose for an informal group photograph, Tunisia, 1943
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