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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Who Was the First Black Woman in Army Nurse Corps, Has Died

U.S. Army Nurse Corps Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon

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 month at a New York nursing home, was remembered by relatives and friends for quietly breaking down racial barriers during […]