Davis County Clipper | 1942-09-25 | Page 3 | Commando Tactics at Harding Field, La

Commando Tactics at Harding Field La er r I. I x s J I ti I j h J li is i i I t i tr s r w. w M Soldiers are undergoing a special training raining course In Commando tactics tactics tac- tac tics at Harding I Field La Here lIere we see ace a soldier about to leave the jump ing tower lower and dive into a blazing blaring pool of water The soldiers are arc taught to swim with a modified breast stroke splashing water In front of them to protect them from the flames ames The tower lower from which they leap Is 20 feet high the approximate distance of a transports transport's deck from the water In case of a II torpedoing the soldiers would have to dive Into the flaming Darning water with their full lull packs and swim for lor shore