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Kiss-Cut Stickers - 555th Infantry Parachute Bn SSI - Triple Nickles - WWII w Br X 300

Kiss-Cut Stickers - 555th Infantry Parachute Bn SSI - Triple Nickles - WWII w Br X 300

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A kiss-cut provides you with the ultimate flexibility for implementing your vision—this method cuts the sticker into any shape you desire, while leaving the back intact so that it can be smoothly peeled off the page. .: White or transparent .: Grey adhesive left side for white stickers .: Four sizes to choose from .: Only PNG design format supported .: For indoor use .: Not waterproof

  2" × 2" 3" × 3" 4" × 4" 6" × 6"
Width, in 2.00 3.00 4.00 6.00
Length, in 2.00 3.00 4.00 6.00

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555th Infantry Parachute Bn SSI - Triple Nickles - WWII w Br X 300
 
The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed The Triple Nickles, was an all-black airborne unit of the United States Army during World War II. On 19 December 1943, Headquarters, Army Ground Forces, authorized the activation of the company as an all-black unit with black officers as well as black enlisted men. All unit members were to be volunteers. During the winter of 1944–45, the Japanese sent 9,300 Fu-Go balloon bombs toward North America. It was believed 1,000 succeeded in reaching the United States; 312 balloon bombs have been found The 555th worked on twenty-eight fires during the 1945 season. Of these, fifteen fires were "jumped" or parachuted to. While some United States Forest Service reports refer to some employees as smokejumpers, the 555th were reported as paratroopers on all fire reports
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