Black Army special forces veteran may receive Medal of Honor 56 years after heroism in Vietnam 05:11. Davis gave his only television interview to "CBS Mornings" about the renewed effort for ...

Three veterans from different military branches recount their experiences in Vietnam, highlighting the challenges they faced both during and after the war. On Tuesday, April 29, Abbie Black shared ...

Diane Carlson Evans received two awards Thursday at the Montana Military Museum celebrating her decades of service and fight ...

In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force. Accessibility statement Skip to main content ...

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 ...

The mass evacuation of thousands of orphaned children from a war zone, 50 years ago this month, in the final days of the Vietnam War. And a Colorado nurse helped make it happen.

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 ...

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 ...

Retired Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black nurse to serve in the U.S. military and a native of Goose Creek, died on Jan. 8 at age 104. (Provided) Her family calls her a “trailblazer” who ...

Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, died on Jan. 8, 2025. She was 104. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) ...

Retired Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first African American commissioned into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after it was desegregated in the 1940s, died peacefully in her home at the age of 104.