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

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 ...

Colon, the first Black woman in the US Army Nurse Corps post-desegregation, broke racial barriers through military service, inspiring others with humility and a legacy of leadership.

Mrs. Leftenant-Colon joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in February 1948 ... She was one of just 500 Black nurses to serve during World War II, out of a total of 50,000 — a result of government ...

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 ...

Well done, Mrs. Leftenant-Colon! The first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps following its desegregation after World War II, Nancy Leftenant-Colon, passed away at 104, VPM reported.

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 ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first African American commissioned into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after it was desegregated ... where she treated World War II casualties in the final months of the ...

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 ...