Photo #: NH 97147
USS Boxer (CV-21)
"Practice is Important -- Commander Gordon Sherwood ...,
commanding officer of Attack Squadron 65, hangs in parachute
harness from an A frame erected on the hanger deck of the Boxer.
WIth the help of the apparatus, he perfects the technique of
getting out of the harness in the least possible time after landing.
Seconds saved sometimes mean the difference between life and
death to a downed pilot."
Photograph and caption were released by Commander Naval Forces,
Far East, under date of 1 August 1952.
Boxer, with VA-65 embarked, was then operating off Korea.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands"
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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