The 2 smiling gentlemen are members of a group of 9 Latin American newspapermen who toured Ft Benning. Carlos Mersán (L), acting editor of LA Tribuna, Asunción, Paraguay, and Luciano Gómez, assistant director of the section of press and propaganda in the Paraguayan Ministry of the Interior, are waiting for the signal that will send them up to the controlled parachute jumping tower at the Parachute School.

Photo is dated 1943.

Photo measures 6 x 8 inches.