tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161526002238586054.post2185052842908362817..comments2023-09-08T08:20:13.780-04:00Comments on Two-Fisted Blogger: Red Tails Report CardHank Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241805904517893443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161526002238586054.post-87035762553691565842012-01-30T15:22:13.566-05:002012-01-30T15:22:13.566-05:00I actually met some of the triple nickle vets at t...I actually met some of the triple nickle vets at the 82nd reunion back when i attended every year. (Also saw a bumper sticker that said "member of original parachute test platoon. Pretty cool but I never met the driver.)<br /><br />Thanks for the historical perspective Jim. Glad you're able to comment now!Hank Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241805904517893443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161526002238586054.post-10916510654015307762012-01-30T13:27:21.789-05:002012-01-30T13:27:21.789-05:00Really sad. The Tuskegee Airmen deserve much bette...Really sad. The Tuskegee Airmen deserve much better. A movie about Blacks in WWII I'd like to see would be about the Triple Nickle, the 555 Parachute Infantry Battalion, an amazingly great unit. American commanders were so scared of the idea of Black Paratroopers (White ones were trouble enough) that they were never deployed overseas, but became the first smoke jumpers, fighting fires set by Japanese incendiary balloons sent overseas via the jet stream to destroy American's forests, hence construction materials. When the 82d came home the 555 was assigned to it, and LTG Jim Gavin insisted that they march in the Victory Parade down 5th Avenue. They are a legend in the airborne and one of their NCOs broke me in as a new 2d LT. He taught me stuff about being shart, prepared, and on time that they didn't teach in ROTC.Jim Morrisnoreply@blogger.com