Courage Has No Color Ch 9 & Story Behind Story

Which of the following best describes the Triple Nickles in the victory parade in New York City in 1946?

• a. They marched clearly separated from the 82nd Airborne.

• b. They marched alongside the 82nd Airborne but lacked the honors and decoration the white soldiers had.

• c. They marched with the honors and decorations of the 82nd Airborne.

• d. They marched alongside the 82nd Airborne.

• e. Both c & d

Who was responsible for how the Triple Nickles marched in the victory parade?

• a. General Eisenhower

• b. FDR

• c. President Truman

• d. General James Gavin

• e. All the above.

When did Japan surrender and bring WWII to an end? When did Operation Firefly end?

• a. August 14, 1945. August 14, 1945

• b. August 14, 1945. Never did it continue today.

• c. October 14, 1945. October 1945

• d. October 14, 1945. August 14, 1956

• e. August 14, 1945. October 1945.

Which of the following is not true of General James M. Gavin?

• a. He was described as “color blind”.

• b. He thought the Triple Nickles “did well with what they had been given,”

• c. He was concerned by the Triple Nickles situation at Fort Bragg.

• d. He went to the top in Washington D.C. to get the 555th integrated into the 82nd Airborne.

• e. He served with the 555th in WWII.

True or False: The Triple Nickles received all the medals that the 82nd Airborne had won in Europe and would get the new equipment weapons the 82nd getting to have the opportunity to win the medals.

• a. True

• b. False

What occurred when the 555th was officially into the 82nd Airborne?

• a. They became the 3rd Battalion of the 505th Parachute Infantry Brigade, under General Gavin.

• b. They became the first unit to be integrated into an all-white, and the first to be integrated into an airborne division.

• c. They were sad they were losing the Triple Nickles colors.

• d. A, B and C

• e. A and C

Which of the following did Gavin not do when he integrated the Triple Nickles into the 82nd?

• a. Place members of the 555th in leadership roles in different companies.

• b. Return members of the 555th to Pendleton, Oregon as officers for teaching smoke jumping.

• c. Integrate his key staff division positions.

• d. Have white and black soldiers move into the same barracks.

• e. Gavin did all these things.

True or False: There were multiple incidents of racism in the months following integration in the 82nd

• a. True

• b. False

Which of the following is one of the many domestic problems President Truman had to tackle following the death of Roosevelt on April 12 1945?

• a. Upholding equal rights of African Americans.

• b. Reinforcing segregation.

• c. Authorizing Doolittle’s Raid.

• d. Sending troops to The Battle of the Bulge.

Which of the following is false when it comes to President Truman's past and African American's rights and the racism they faced?

• a. He had supported antilynching bills as a senator.

• b. He had supported antidiscrimination investigations.

• c. He had spoken in favor of equal opportunities for African Americans

• a.      He had grown up around violent prejudice Southerners but believed most good Southerners understood those prejudices couldn’t stay in a free republic.

• e. He helped integrate the 555th into the82nd Airborne.