Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on for generations.
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...
Lahti entered the United States Army in 2003 enlisting into the Michigan ... In 2010, he received a direct commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. He was assigned to Joint Base ...
9—LEOMINSTER — The 125th anniversary of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Hospital Corps was ... longtime United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nurse herself, she ...
This late 1940's photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon. (US Air Force Historical Support Office via AP) ...
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104.