| Title: |
Walter Morris
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/2946
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
Walter Morris played an important role in integrating American troops in World War II. Morris submitted ideas on how to run an all-black guard unit attached to the parachute school and soon he and his men were learning to make jumps. Dubbed the 555th Parachute Infantry Company - "The Triple Nickles" - Morris and his men were too late to make the war in Europe. They were assigned to smoke-jumping duty in the Pacific Northwest, where incendiary balloons launched from Japan were touching off forest fires.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Morris, Walter, 1921-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1921
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Waynesboro, GA; Georgia; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Kent, Judith
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States; West North Central States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American soldiers; Forest fires--United States; North America; Oral history; Smokejumpers; Smokejumping; U.S. Army; United States; United States--Armed Forces; West North Central States; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--War work
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025859-27788
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