C-119s and C-46s of the USAF 403rd Troop Carrier Wing fly paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team in a massive troop drop near K-2 (Taigu) Korea, during the Korean War. Mass of floating parachutes descends from sky as troops are dropped from C-119 aircraft. Views on ground as various troopers land and fold their chutes. A second wave of troopers is dropped from formation of C-46 aircraft.
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team paratrooper drop on plowed field in Korea after jumping from C-46 airplanes. Formation of C-46 Commando airplanes in flight overhead. (Korean War)
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team paratroopers land on plowed field in Korea, during Korean War. The U.S. Army paratroopers jump from C-119 Flying Boxcar , and C-46 Commando airplanes. Soldier unfastens his parachute harness on the ground.
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team paratroopers jump from formations of C-46 and C-119 aircraft in Korea. Soldiers land in plowed field. Sky is filled with open chutes. As they land, troopers unfasten their harnesses and assemble in the field. (Korean War period.)
Insignia of 433rd Troop Carrier Wing. 69th Infantry Regiment Troops stand next to equipment, outside tents during final inspection at Donaldson Air Force Base, Greenville, South Carolina. Soldiers check inflated life-rack and equipment in front of the raft. Truck with equipment backed up to C-119 flying Boxer. Steel unit rolled into plane. Soldiers nail and staple wooden crates. Mechanics work on C-119 Flying Boxer engine. Insignia 'Fighting 69th' on side of airplane.
United States Officers seated in a classroom at Donaldson Air Force Base, Greenville. Colonel Harry Hopp enters room and briefs the officers.