NC H851

Honors the brave men who served in the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion during World War II, an all-black unit activated on December 30, 1943, at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Recognizes the 555th's deployment to Oregon and California in May 1945 as the military's first "smokejumpers," where they fought forest fires and recorded over 1,000 individual jumps between July and October 1945.

Acknowledges the unit's service at Camp Mackall and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, before inactivation on December 15, 1947, and removal from U.S. Army rolls on August 22, 1950.

Notes the 2013 honor by the U.S. Forest Service naming a conference room in its national headquarters after the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion.

Directs the Principal Clerk to transmit a certified copy of the resolution to Clarence H. Beavers, the only surviving member of the original test platoon, and to the 555th Parachute Infantry Association, Inc.