MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, ND -- Senior Master Sgt. Kenneth Boteler, Air Flight Crew Equipment superintendent, and Tech. Sgt. Dennis Lotito, noncommissioned officer in charge, both from the 5th Operational Support Squadron’s Air Flight Crew Equipment office, unpack a Japanese parachute from World War II, here June 11. The parachute is made of heavy silk; the date of manufacture is Nov. 17, 1923. The owner of the parachute, Mr. Harold Uhlich of Garrison, N.D., acquired the piece while serving in a security detail in Sasebo, Japan for the U.S. Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Ballard)
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, ND -- Senior Master Sgt. Kenneth Boteler, 5th Operational Support Squadron’s Air Flight Crew Equipment superintendent, explains to Mr. Harold Uhlich of Garrison, N.D. how a modern parachute is deployed, here June 11. Mr. Uhlich acquired the piece while serving in a security detail in Sasebo, Japan for the U.S. Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Ballard)
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, ND -- Tech. Sgt. Dennis Lotito, noncommissioned officer in charge, and Senior Airman Jeremiah Johnson, flight crew equipment journeyman, both from the 5th Operational Support Squadrons Air Flight Crew Equipment office, pose with Mr. Harold Uhlich of Garrison, N.D. and his grandson Christopher Welch of Minot, N.D., here June 11. Mr. Uhlich received the parachute while serving in a security detail in Sasebo, Japan for the U.S. Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Ballard