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Show Parachute School Holds Graduation Exercises rzTl-'-r riff f : essfe......,,. ... . At the parachute school of the Lakehurst, N. J., naval air station, "graduation" exercises take a very practical turn. Before students are awarded a diploma they must make a mass parachute jump with a 'chute packed by themselves. Left: Members of a class boarding a plane ready to take their last lesson. Right: With breath-taking speed the ground comes up to meet the student jumper. He has finished the regulation training period. The jump is his final lesson and he knows that he has packed bis parachute correctly. |