Joe Harris, of the First All-Black Army Parachute Battalion, Dies
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 29, 2025
March 29, 2025
He was one of the last surviving members of the all-Black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the Triple Nickels.
Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper as well as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, died on March 15 in a Los Angeles hospital, surrounded by his family. Harris was 108 at the time . . .
