Image description: This wedding dress was made from a nylon parachute that saved Major Claude Hensinger during World War II.  Hensinger, a B-29 pilot, and his crew, were returning from a bombing raid over Yowata, Japan, in August 1944 when their engine caught fire. The crew was forced to bail out. He kept the parachute and used it to propose to his girlfriend Ruth in 1947. Learn more about the story behind this parachute wedding dress. Photo from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
{"Image ImageDescription": "2000-11073, dress made from parachute which saved groom's life in World War II, worn by bride at his wedding, 07/1947, Costume Collection/Division of Social History, Donor : Hensinger, Cat. No. 1992.0236.1, from 120mm ektachrome", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image Artist": "Harold Dorwin", "Image Copyright": "This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution - Washington, DC - USA.  The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws.", "Image ExifOffset": "476", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated"}