Keywords: sculpture statue Lot-1822-16: Marine Corps Base, Parris Island, South Carolina, May 1942. Even the Marines get a new kind of job occasionally. A winch crew of a special balloon-barrage unit, controlling one of the big bags going aloft as part of a tactical formation protecting an important location from enemy aircraft. Office of War Information. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/06/24). Lot-1822-16: Marine Corps Base, Parris Island, South Carolina, May 1942. Even the Marines get a new kind of job occasionally. A winch crew of a special balloon-barrage unit, controlling one of the big bags going aloft as part of a tactical formation protecting an important location from enemy aircraft. Office of War Information. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/06/24). |