National Park Service names 10 new American World War II Heritage cities

The latest designations are located in Alaska all the way to the U.S. Virgin Islands. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. L - R, Sergeants Clarence Beavers, James Kornegay, Ned Bess, Corporal Elijah Wesby and Sergeant Alvin Moon of the United States Army All African American 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (nicknamed the Triple Nickles because of its numerical designation) aim their M3 .45-caliber These five soldiers were part of the original 17 member selection that succeeded in becoming the first All African American parachute infantry battalion. In early 1945 the battalion were sent to Camp Pendleton in Oregon and assigned to the 9th Services Command, trained by the U.S. Forest Service, and became history's first military airborne firefighting smokejumpers. On October 16, the National Park Service (NPS)announced the latest additions to a growing list of designated World War II Heritage Cities.