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(L. to R.) 1st Sgt Albert Baldwin, S/Sgt Charles McCurry, Bill McDonald, Marion Boone, Paul Narrow, Ralph Iverson. They were the third stick in plane #22, "F" Company's first plane. Baldwin was to jumpmaster the third pass over Corregidor. The photo is one of a series taken on the ground at Hill Strip, by Signal Corps photographer Yednick, who was the 8th man in the stick. However, on the 2nd pass, the plane's port engine was hit and it had to head for safety over Bataan, where the men jumped to safety. They arrived the next day by sea. Remarkably, it was the photo of this group of troopers who did not jump which became one of the most widely publicized images of the airborne invasion. The plane flew back to Mindoro