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International News Photos [NATO Troopers Shower Down on Denmark]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.37 Author/Creator: International News Photos Place Written: Zealand, Denmark Type: Photograph Date: 24 September 1957 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 23.1 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

One Wire photograph released by International News Photos dated September 24, 1957. Shows a great many paratroopers leaping from eleven different planes. According to the attached press release the paratroopers from several NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) nations are floating down to the Island of Zealand as part of NATO Maneuvers. The photo is stamped on the back with International News Photos information.

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