Before you come for the spellings of Nickle— the 555th were named after the “Buffalo Nickle”, which isn’t ever spelt how we spell the metal or currency nickel. However I used both for SEO reasons ;)For more information on the Triple Nickles, you can visit museums in Pendleton, Oregon, where they have aviation history on all of this, as well as history commemorating the Triple Nickles at the Pendleton Underground Tours. If you are someone from my hometown, they are always looking for volunteer tour guides!

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Citations for this episode include:

Triple Nickles (555th Parachute Infantry Battalion):

• Morden, Bettie J. The Women’s Army Corps, 1945–1978. Center of Military History, United States Army, 1990.

• Williams, Rob. “All Blood Runs Red: Triple Nickle Paratroopers Jump Start Integration in the U.S. Army.” Ohio Academy of History Proceedings, 2022, pp. 70-85. (Ohio Academy of History)

Fu-Go Balloon Bombs:

• Coen, Ross. Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan’s Balloon Bomb Attack on America. University of Nebraska Press, 2014. (Nebraska Press)

• Mikesh, Robert C. Japan’s World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973.

• Rogers, J. David. “Japanese Vengeance Balloon Bombs of World War II.” Forensic Geology Case Histories, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2007. (Missouri S&T)

If you want to read the brochure about Mitchell Monument yourself, you can find that here.

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