Parachute Battalion

Pre-Pearl Harbor propaganda film about young Americans, from various social backgrounds, who undergo parachute training at Fort Benning prior to becoming paratroopers.

Cast

Robert Preston

as Donald Morse

Edmond O'Brien

as William Mayberry Burke

Buddy Ebsen

as Jeff Hollis

Nancy Kelly

as Kit Richards

Harry Carey

as Bill Richards

Paul Kelly

as Tex McBride

Richard Cromwell

as Spence

Robert Barrat

as Col. Burke

Edward Fielding

as Chief Of Infantry

Erville Alderson

as Pa Hollis

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