print email comment close "The Triple Nickles": The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, 1944-1947 URL: http://www.triplenickle.com/ Description: History, photographs, names, functions, and other information on this battalion of Black paratroopers. Trained for combat in World War II, these soldiers served in the Pacific Northwest as smokejumpers in Operation Fire Fly, responsible for locating and disposing of Japanese balloon bombs, and also for fire fighting. The battalion was subsequently integrated into the 82nd Airborne Division. From the 555th Parachute Infantry Association, Inc. Publisher: 555th Parachute Infantry Association, Inc. Extra Keywords triple nickels, smoke jumper, firefighting, parachute, firefly Library of Congress Subject Headings: African American soldiers -- United States Black History Month Parachute troops World War, 1939-1945 LII Database Information: Record 828 created by Wendy Hyman on 02/10/2004 Last modification on 02/16/2004 Published: 02/10/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/828