Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, the groundbreaking American paratrooper whose historic unit took part in a famous, top secret mission during World War II, has died at 108. Harris began his military service when he ...

The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...

Joe Harris: Believed to be the oldest paratrooper to have served during World War II, he died on March 15 ... Although ...

Harris, who died March 15, was honored Saturday at Lewis Metropolitan CME Church before his burial in Inglewood.

The man believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper has died Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first ...

By Clay Risen Joe Harris, who as a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit during World War II parachuted into forest ... Though some 300 bombs reached the United States, only six people were ...

A World War II-era plane is set to fly over a veteran ... “It was a secret war that the US was fighting.” As the US Army was training the Triple Nickles to disarm bombs, the men were also ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108. Harris died ...