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PARACHUTE QUALIFICATION

For parachute units to be created, parachutists had to be trained to fill them. The basic parachutist qualification course conducted at Fort Benning during WWII evolved from the experiences of the Parachute Test Platoon (many of whom ended up with the 503d PIR), the 501st Parachute Bn (which became the 1st Bn of the 503d PIR) and the work of the Provisional Parachute Group. The course consisted of four stages, each lasting one week.

                                   

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