Us Official Photographs

Chute packers in the field

Chute packers of an Air Force Service Command unit in the field are shown performing varied tasks in the expert care of the silken aerial life preservers. In the foreground, S/Sgt. Frank Rusek, of 155 Weiss St., Buffalo, N.Y., left, and Sgt. William F. Siwinisk, of 24 Olcott, Pl., Buffalo, N.Y., right, straighten the panels of a chute laid for packing. In the left background Sgt. D.E. Abel, of Penn Yan, N.Y., is lacing a chute into its covering. In the far background, center, Col. J. Osetak, of 194 Allen St., Oswego, N.Y., is inspecting chutes hanging on the drying rack. Parachutes Personnel