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.

One surprise for the nurses through the years: their community. Though Niggemann, Mason and Schueing weren’t together during the war, they found each other later and have become friends.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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) ...

One surprise for the nurses through the years: their community. Though Niggemann, Mason and Schueing weren’t together during the war, they found each other later and have become friends.

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 ...

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.

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 ...