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Army Nurse Finds Purpose in Caring for America’s Heroes
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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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, trailblazing army nurse and air force Veteran, dies at 104
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has died at the age of 104. She passed away earlier this month at a ...
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First Black woman in Army Nurse Corps dies
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 ...
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Former Northfield resident, Army nurse receives Presidential Citizens Medal
Being a woman who served as a combat nurse in Vietnam, it took years for Diane Carlson Evans to see the same recognition as her weapon-wielding counterparts. But thanks to her advocacy work, the ...
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died
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 ...
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First Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, Nancy Leftenant-Colon, has died
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 ...