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| Keywords: Paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team put on parachutes and "Mae West" life preservers before boarding a... - NARA - 542289.tif Scope and content Paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team put on parachutes and Mae West life preservers before boarding a 483rd Troop Carrier Wing U S Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcar en route to Korea from southern Japan Combat Cargo Commandos and C-119s airlifted the 187th RCT personnel and weapons vehicles and supplies in a continuous operation lasting two nights and a day which involved 300 round-trip flights across the Japan Sea The big transport planes landed or took off every two minutes in combat Cargo's eigth airlift of the 187th since the Korean war began General notes 542289 Local identifier 342-AF-88059AC Department of Defense Department of the Air Force 09/26/1947 - Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 ca date 1953 07 02 Record group Record Group 342 Records of U S Air Force Commands Activities and Organizations 1900 - 2003 Record group ARC 654 Black and White Photographs of U S Air Force and Predecessors' Activities Facilities and Personnel Domestic and Foreign compiled 1930 - 1975 documenting the period 1863 - 1975 Series ARC 542185 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers Agency-Assigned Identifier NASM 4A 37948<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-342-AF-88059AC yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov C-119s in the Korean War United States Army in the Korean War Parachuting in the United States Army 187th Infantry Regiment United States | ||||