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The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was nicknamed the "Triple Nickles" because of its numerical designation and the selection of 17 of the original 20-member "colored test platoon" from the 92nd Infantry (Buffalo) Division. Hence, the origin of the nickname, Buffalo Nickles.
The book tells the story of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed The Triple Nickles, an all-Black airborne unit of the United States Army during World War II. In 2014, the book won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens. [1] [2]
Clarence Hylan Beavers (June 12, 1921 – December 4, 2017) was an American United States Army sergeant and paratrooper who served with the first all-black airborne unit, the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, during World War II.
Gavin also played a central role in racially integrating the US military, beginning with his incorporation of the all-black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion into the 82nd Airborne Division. The 555th's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Bradley Biggs , referred to Gavin as perhaps the most "color-blind" Army officer in the entire service.
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In 1947, the 3rd Battalion was reduced to zero strength. The separate 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (the "Triple Nickles") the army's only all-black airborne unit, was then inactivated, and its paratroopers were reassigned to the 505th's 3rd Battalion. Soon after, its black paratroopers began to be reassigned as individuals throughout the ...
Members of the 555th (Triple Nickel) Parachute Infantry Battalion are briefed before takeoff from Fort Dix in New Jersey in 1947. The Triple Nickel was an all black airborne unit in World War II and the end of the war became on of the first smoke jumping units in U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Photo courtesy of National Archives ...