Paratrooper jump honors Pendleton's WWII all-Black battalion | Regional
PENDLETON — A group of former U.S. Army paratroopers plan to honor the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, an all-Black unit from World War II that was based at Pendleton Field,
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PENDLETON — A group of former U.S. Army paratroopers plan to honor the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, an all-Black unit from World War II that was based at Pendleton Field,
PENDLETON — A group of former U.S. Army paratroopers plan to honor the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, an all-Black unit from World War II that was based at Pendleton Field,
The story of paratrooper Malvin L. Brown was a saga of racial prejudice, secrecy, a cosmic discovery in the annals of atmospheric science, tragedy, and, ultimately, a 70-year mystery.
PHILADELPHIA -- On the day that the United States stunned the world by dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a young Black man from the Main Line area of Philadelphia died in obscurity in a remote Oregon forest, the end of a brief military career that became enmeshed in some of the most significant currents of U.S. and world history. The story of paratrooper Malvin L. Brown was a saga of racial prejudice, secrecy, a cosmic discovery in the annals of atmospheric science, tragedy, and, ultimately, a 70-year mystery.