Marine Corps Parachute training Certificate

Gift in Memory of Paul Garlock and Sandra Garlock Germano, 2001.470.008

During World War II the Marine Corps raised three battalions of parachute infantry, however the units never conducted a combat parachute drop. In early 1944, the Paramarine battalions were disbanded, many of the former members were folded into the Iwo Jima-bound 5th Marine Division.