The Don Englebreston Collection
Airman Practicing Tree Letdown Rope Technique, Jungle Survival School
An airman practices the parachute 'tree letdown' technique, using a rope to descend from a simulated jungle canopy. Training exercises like this one, conducted at jungle survival schools such as Clark Air Base in the Philippines, prepared Vietnam War-era aircrew to survive and evade capture if forced to bail out over dense jungle terrain. Project: 219104