The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was nicknamed the "Triple Nickles" . The first all Black Paratroopers . Get the history at http://triplenickle.com
10/08/2019
https://www.opb.org/news/article/triple-nickles-pendleton-oregon-history-smokejumpers/
Jumpers Get Their Due Nearly 75 years After Wartime Missions Over Northwest Pendleton has recognized the Triple Nickles, the first black paratroopers in the U.S., who also trained as smokejumpers to fight wildfires.
02/03/2018
2nd Ranger Company Airborne
http://www.wrbl.com/…/the-last-few-living-men-of-…/949721779
The last few living men of the first and only all Black Ranger Company But what you probably haven't heard about is the first, the last and the only All-Black Ranger Company: 2nd Airborne Ranger Company.
06/11/2017
All-Black Paratroopers Recognized with Oregon Historical Marker The secret history of the Triple Nickles is commemorated at the Siskiyou Smokejumper Museum
06/03/2017
555th Parachute Infantry Battalion commemoration on June 3, 2017. This is Oregon’s opportunity to recognize the role of the 555th in home front defense of this state during WWII. This State Marker was dedicated today at Cave Junction, OR
02/25/2017
http://www.paraglideonline.net/news/article_f0b9448e-f9e1-11e6-8d39-d3a7035a7100.html #.WK_LBdBtwVc.facebook
Triple Nickles leave lasting legacy 555. It isn’t just a series of repetitive numbers — it is an important legacy that has an impact even on today’s paratroopers.
02/13/2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQxXpShsq3M&list=PLPZwenkHPYpiVwP3hIjd8j90Y9LiVVyw6&index=6
PREVIEW All American Legacy Podcast Ep. 5 - The Triple Nickle In celebration of the first week of African American History Month, we're jumping ahead from World War all the way to 1941 to tell a story that deserves to b...
12/08/2016
12/08/2016
Norfolk Reunion 2016 ~ Thank you Dr. Ernestine Barnes-Small
09/14/2016
The black US paratroopers who quietly changed history – and now fear Trump With the country still grappling with racial inequality, surviving members of a small group of black soldiers spoke of their unease over a Trump presidency
08/31/2016
08/24/2016
http://www.theledger.com/article/20160205/newschief/160209611
WWII black paratrooper to be honored Sunday BARTOW — In 1944, a young Jordon J. Corbett, known to friends as J.J., peered through the open door of an airborne military C-47 plane. With a parachute strapped to his back, the Polk County native swallowed his fear and jumped.