In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.

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 ...

Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on ...

While repeatedly trying to enlist in the military, she worked at hospitals around New York City. “I saw a picture of an Army nurse with her cape,” she told Newsday in 1997. “She looked so ...

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 ...

The structure and rigor of military training provided a solid foundation for navigating the challenges of nursing school and the demanding environment of the ICU at Seattle Children's Hospital.

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 ...

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 ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, died Jan. 8. Here, an American flag is presented to Leftenant-Colon ...