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The name came from their unit number, the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion. 5, of course, is the number of cents in a nickel*

The Triple Nickles* were the first black parachute division and the first African-American unit to be integrated into the US regular army prior during WWII.

* The misspelling of the word "nickel" was known and is taken from an old English usage.

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