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

She was 104. Her great-niece Gilda Leftenant confirmed the death, in a nursing facility. Mrs. Leftenant-Colon joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in February 1948, several months before President ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegrated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...

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. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities ...