Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has passed ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was ...

Colon, the first African American commissioned into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after it was desegregated in the 1940s, died ...

LC state's nursing program is now a preferred choice for the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, offering enlisted personnel an affordable ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Who Was the First Black Woman in Army Nurse Corps, Has Died The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died.

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegrated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...