Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on ...

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.

In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Feb. 5, 2025) – Brooke Army Medical Center held a special Quarterly Awards ...

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

In 1945, she was accepted into the Army Nurse Corps as a reservist with the rank of second lieutenant. She rose to the rank ...

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.

LC state's nursing program is now a preferred choice for the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, offering enlisted personnel an affordable ...

Mrs. Leftenant-Colon joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in February 1948, several months before President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order desegregating the armed forces. It was the ...

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

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 ...