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80-G-328126 USN  PT Crewmen look on as a C-47 drops a stick of 9 paratroopers on Landing Zone B.  Facing 25 knot winds, the first men of this stick risk being blown back towards the ravine.  The canopies which are visible are all in the midst of what will shortly be discovered as a Japanese controlled area.
80-G-328127  USN The view of Geary Point from the deck of a PT Boat on station.  There are at least 15 parachutes still in the air, some of which are being blown deep into Japanese held territory.  
AC 60239 Air Corps  

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