A World War II-era plane is set to fly over a veteran ... perhaps one of the last of the 555 th Parachute Infantry Battalion known as the “Triple Nickles.” “He broke barriers, he defied ...

Vesna Vulović, trapped in the tail section of the DC-9 as it plummeted to Earth, survived the crash in a snow-covered forest, ...

According to David Myhra, author of a series of books on Germany’s World War II experimental aircraft ... He would have also released a braking parachute from the rear fuselage.

Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper as well as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, died on March 15 in a ...

He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th ... events and parachute jumps honoring the Triple ...