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 desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104.
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Did you know men from Louisiana flew high as Tuskegee Airmen in World War II?
The historic, all-Black unit included more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks from throughout the nation, including Louisiana.
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Trailblazing Army Nurse and Air Force Veteran, Dies at 104
Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has passed away at the age of 104.
U.S. Air Force revising training course that includes videos of Tuskegee Airmen, female WWII pilots
The Tuskegee Airmen were founded in 1941 in Tuskegee, Alabama when the U.S. Army Air Corps began a program to train Black servicemembers as Air Corps Cadets.
More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots
The U.S. Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of its storied Black Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — female World War II pilots.
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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 desegregated ... including a brother who was a famed Tuskegee Airmen pilot. He was killed in a mid-air collision ...
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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 ... regular U.S. Army Nursing Corps and the only woman ever elected as president of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Leftenant-Colon is ...
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died
Tuskegee Airmen, 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Jan. 14, 2016. Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps ...
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Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site: They Cannot Be Erased
The irony of the US Air Force playing enforcer AGAINST the Tuskegee Airmen in the year 2025 can be gleaned from knowing that it was the Army Air Corps that conducted the tests in 1941 that led to the first African American Aviators being trained and ready for combat.
Trump executive order won't erase Arizona's Tuskegee Airmen, after all | Opinion
The Air Force said it would no longer teach about the Tuskegee Airmen or WASPs after Trump issued an executive order barring diversity programs.
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, dies at 104
Colon, the first Black woman in the US Army Nurse Corps post-desegregation, broke racial barriers through military service, inspiring others with humility and a legacy of leadership.
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First Black woman in Army Nurse Corps has died at 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.