Marvin Crudup

Military
Auxiliary pilot chute signed by members of the US 82nd Airborne Division and red rip cord, from the New Inn pub, Hinckley, Leicestershire. EQU 15194 EQU 15194 Auxiliary pilot chute signed by members of the US 82nd Airborne Division and red rip cord, from the New Inn pub, Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Beige auxiliary pilot chute, with 26 inch nylon canopy decorated with hand-drawn illustrations, messages and signatures of members of the US Army's 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion; complete with eight twines coming together in a knot used as a ripcord. Associated with a red trapezoidal rip cord and wire from a US T-5 parachute pack. IWM collections

IWM Collection EQU 15194

Object Number - EQU 15194 - Auxiliary pilot chute signed by members of the US 82nd Airborne Division and red rip cord, from the New Inn pub, Hinckley, Leicestershire. Beige...

Marvin Crudup from Texas enlisted in the US Army in May 1939, and joined the 82nd Airborne Division. He was honorably discharged in July 1945, and worked in the oil industry after the war. 

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Born

New Boston, Texas 15 May 1921

Died

Texas 15 May 1979

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Enlistment record from NARA, Life Story from Ancestry.com (£/$), Find a Grave

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Auxiliary pilot chute signed by members of the US 82nd Airborne Division and red rip cord, from the New Inn pub, Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Object number: EQU 15194 - Auxiliary pilot chute signed by members of the US...