As I cared for this young marine, I realized that I was not just a nurse, but a caregiver for real-life American heroes.” ...

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Mrs. Leftenant-Colon began her service at a hospital in Lowell ... Her commission as an officer in the Army Nurse Corps made international news. “It was just part of the job,” she told ...

Here, an American flag is presented to Leftenant-Colon during a memorial service for her brother in 2016. (Evan Vucci/AP) The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Lowcountry native who became the nation’s first Black military nurse will be laid to rest in New York this weekend. Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, died on Jan. 8 at 104 years ...

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 ...