Joe Harris dead: Oldest WWII paratrooper paved way for Black soldiers
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 6, 2025
Sgt. Joe Harris lived a beautiful life.
He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed the “Triple Nickles.”
At his funeral service on Saturday, friends, families and uniformed members of the military danced and sang to honor Harris, believed to be oldest paratrooper veteran when he died March 15.
Cynthia Barren, who is part of an organization that . . .
