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

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Today, we salute WWII Veteran Loretta Ford. In 1941, Loretta officially became a nurse.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - World War II nurse and pilar of the Bryan community, Hazel Von Roeder passed away this week at the age of 102. “A nurse in the army in World War II. She was in the reserves ...

Furey, 78, is featured in the fourth hour of Apple TV+'s "Vietnam: The War That Changed America, " a six-parter that drops ...

One of those 100-year-old pals is Bernadene H. Smith, a WWII Army nurse. “I was so impressed with Tyler the first time I met him. He is so kind, so thoughtful, so caring,” she says.

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 ...

she served during World War II as a nurse at Fort Dix," said Pennsylvania Rep. Mark Gillen. "Had a career in nursing as she got her bachelors and Masters Degree after she left the Army." ...

Well done, Mrs. Leftenant-Colon! The first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps following its desegregation after World War II, Nancy Leftenant-Colon, passed away at 104, VPM reported.

A pediatric nurse who worked tenaciously to expand access to health services, Loretta Ford helped to transform the way millions of Americans receive health care.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots ...