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Published at 551 × 564 in Finding Bill at the Library of Congress: History of WWII Glider Pilots and Glider Aircraft Manufacturing (Part 1)
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Photo taken from the plane, facing backwards towards the tail, with two gliders visible being towed by a rope.

U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. An aerial “tug boat” tows gliders high above the field. 1942. Photo by Alfred Palmer or Pat Terry, Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.