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555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States)



The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was an all-black airborne unit of the United States Army during World War II. It was activated as a result of a recommendation made in December 1942 by the Advisory Committee on Negro Troop Policies, chaired by the Assistant Secretary of War, John J.



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