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American Airpower Museum Hosting 'Living History Flights' On LI
Re-enactors will recreate part of what paratroopers felt during D-Day. The flights will commemorate the 80th anniversary of ...
He fought racism and fascism: 108-year-old WWII paratrooper who paved path for Black soldiers dies
The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...
The White House sends NATO its famous elite unit that went down in history for the Normandy landings in World War II
The invasion of Normandy, widely known as the D-Day operation, came on June 6, 1944. The huge military operation brought ...
How Black paratroopers saved the US from Japan’s WWII firebombs
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 ...
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Joe Harris, believed to be oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, dead at 108
Sgt. Joe Harris: Believed to be the oldest paratrooper to have served during World War II, he died on March 15. Harris was ...
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Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died
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 ...
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Joe Harris, 108, Dies; Thought to Be the Oldest World War II Paratrooper
By Clay Risen Joe Harris, who as a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit during World War II parachuted into forest ... to be the oldest surviving U.S. paratrooper, died on March 15 in Los ...
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Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII 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 all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108. Harris died March ...