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This Memorial Day, we’re remembering the legacy of the WWII era unit, the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion. It was the only predominantly Black, all-women’s U.S. military unit to serve overseas, and is also the subject of a recent Netflix movie. Their mission was to sort through a backlog of more than 17 million pieces […]
<!– –> An undated photo of Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first African American commissioned into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after it was desegregated in the 1940s. She died Jan. 8, 2025, at the age of 104. (CAF RISE ABOVE) Retired Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first African American commissioned into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after […]
Nancy Leftenant-Colon became the first African-American woman to serve in the desegregated Regular Army Nurse Corps. Image: CAF RISE ABOVE/ Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army . . .
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y. She was 104. Leftenant-Colon died peacefully at Massapequa Center Rehabilitation and Nursing in Amityville, where she […]
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y. She was 104. Leftenant-Colon died peacefully at Massapequa Center Rehabilitation and Nursing in Amityville, where she […]
(The Center Square) – Safety, strength and prosperity will be the key objectives of the U.S. Department of State under the second Trump administration, Secretary of State nominee Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said during his confirmation hearing Wednesday. The main problem with America’s current foreign policy strategy, Rubio stated, is that it fails to protect […]
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y. She was 104. Leftenant-Colon died peacefully at Massapequa Center Rehabilitation and Nursing in Amityville, where she […]
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y. She was 104. Leftenant-Colon died peacefully at Massapequa Center Rehabilitation and Nursing in Amityville, where she […]
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y. She was 104. Leftenant-Colon died peacefully at Massapequa Center Rehabilitation and Nursing in Amityville, where she […]
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