Amazing story on CNN around veteran Joe Harris, who died at age 108, serving in World War II in an elite force of Black paratroopers:
As the US Army was training the Triple Nickles to disarm bombs, the men were also being taught by the US Forest Service to become the first military smokejumpers.
More history at the National Museum of the US Army.
💬 John Philpin It is indeed a great story. Next time you are in San Francisco be sure to make a trip to Fort Point. In fact this summer they have a new exhibit opening .. at least so far - it’s a National Parks site - so who knows?
Steadily these kind of stories and history are being erased by the regime.
Even in that CNN link it recognizes the problem …
Some of the official recognition of the 555th is being lost. A page on the US Forest Servicewebsite about the agency’s connection to the Black paratroopers entitled “The Triple Nickles: A history of service, an enduring legacy” is now blank except for the message “You are not authorized to access this page.”
There has also been a purge of Pentagon websites under the Trump administration to remove content related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) that wiped the stories of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who served during World War II, and the Navajo Code Talkers before they were restored amid public outcry.
We need to keep ‘outcrying’
Manton Reece @JohnPhilpin Thanks, that looks good. Love the Presidio area over there too and try to go whenever I visit.