Parachute Battalion
Parachute Battalion is a 1941 film starring Robert Preston and Nancy Kelly. The supporting cast includes Edmond OBrien, Harry Carey, and Buddy Ebsen the movie was directed by Leslie Goodwins.
In camp, they are surprised to discover that Richards is a master sergeant newly assigned to their unit as chief instructor and a pioneer of the concept. Richards reports to the commandant, his old friend and Bills father. Bill was named after Richards and they agree to keep Bills identity a secret from the rest of the company to avoid favoritism. Bill accepts a blind date and finds out its Kit. When Don tries to date her, Richards encourages Bill to stick around as long as you like. Bill confesses his fear of parachuting to Kit. When the recruits make their first practice jump, a nervous trainee loses his nerve, pulls a pistol, and demands that the airplane land. Bill talks him into giving him the gun. Impressed by Bills nerve, Richards reveals to the company that he is the commandants son, but Bill confesses his fear and applies for a transfer to another branch. Richards helps him overcome his fear of jumping and Bill saves his life in the process.Bills romantic rivalry with Don comes to a head when Don gets word that he is to receive an officers commission and decides to ask Kit to marry him. Bills anger at Don makes him careless in packing his parachute. Before Don can propose, Bill goes to Kit and admits he loves her. The rivals brawl just before the start of a demonstration airborne assault in which they are assigned the task blowing up an ammunition warehouse. Their transport planes take off without them while their sergeant, Tex Paul Kelly, breaks up the fight. To keep them out of trouble, Tex arranges for a small observation airplane to take them up. However, when Don jumps, his parachute becomes tangled with the tail of the aircraft. Bill crawls back and cuts the tangled shroud lines as Don hangs on to him. The two descend together and Don reveals that he repacked Bills chute, saving both their lives. Friends again, they destroy the objective. At the ceremony awarding them their parachute wings, Richards gives his blessing to Kit and Bill, while Don sets
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