555th Parachute Infantry Association, Inc.

10/08/2019

https://www.opb.org/news/article/triple-nickles-pendleton-oregon-history-smokejumpers/

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

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

http://www.theskanner.com/news/northwest/25516-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

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

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/14/black-paratroopers-triple-nickles-555-world-war-two-donald-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

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.