Quartermaster Supply Unit during Louisiana Maneuvers, September 1941 (Library of Congress AS-124-LC) 85 Years Ago—Sept. 15, 1941: British 1st Parachute Battalion is established, Britain’s first airborne unit. Louisiana Maneuvers begin, with 350,000 men of US Second & Third Armies and with Army Air Force, Navy & Marine Corps air support; runs through Sept. 28. Inside a hangar, a British paratrooper learns to land correctly using a special harness, August 1942 (Imperial War Museum: H 22867)The post Today in World War II History—September 15, 1941 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.