First Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation dies - Peer2Peer

First Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation dies

Jan 15, 2025

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.(Image credit: CAF RISE ABOVE)

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/15/g-s1-42698/nancy-leftenant-colon-military-army-tuskegee-obituary

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