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 ...

He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army's first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World ...

By Clay Risen Joe Harris, who as a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit during World War II parachuted into forest ... Though some 300 bombs reached the United States, only six people were ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108. Harris died ...

A World War II-era plane is set to ... A page on the US Forest Service website about the agency’s connection to the Black paratroopers entitled “The Triple Nickles: A history of service ...

He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper battalion ... of the military dressed in World War II-era uniforms. They included retired ...