Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Unloading a jeep from a CG-4A glider in a training exercise

Glider training involved learning procedures for lashing down a jeep or artillery piece to prevent it from shifting in flight, and drills for releasing and unloading equipment. The troops in this photograph are unloading a jeep.

Creator: Bruce Sifford Studio
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Dates: 1943–1945

Unloading a jeep from a CG-4A glider in a training exercise