Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...
The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...
He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.
Joe Harris, a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit and believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper, died ...