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

When Athena Wright enlisted in the U.S. military during World War II, she could never have imagined ... Wright enlisted in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She became a second lieutenant and dedicated ...

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 ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots ...

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 ...

After years of being barred from a segregated military, she became the first Black nurse ... into the Army Reserve. She was one of just 500 Black nurses to serve during World War II, out of ...

The first Black woman to join the US Army Nurse Corps after the military was ... an organization honoring the famed group of Black World War II pilots. In 2007, Leftenant-Colon joined fellow ...

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.