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- Name:
- Walter Morris
- State of Birth:
- GA
- Home State:
- FL
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- Black or African American
- War or Conflict
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1941-1946
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Unit of Service
- 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (Triple Nickel)
- Location of Service
- Fort Benning, Georgia; Camp MacKall, North Carolina; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Pendleton Field, Oregon
- Highest Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- The veteran was the first African-American assigned to the 555th Parachute Company (the first all-black parachute infantry test platoon, company, and battalion).
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- Type of Resource:
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [3 items] -- Photograph
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy
- Interviewer:
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Judith Kent
- Contributor:
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Judith Kent
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
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Flagler County Public Library
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/02946
- Subjects:
- Morris, Walter
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
- United States. Army.
- Cite as:
- Walter Morris Collection
(AFC/2001/001/02946), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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