South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and ...

Having made an indelible mark in the healthcare sector, four retired nursing professionals shared their life’s journey, which ...

Being a woman who served as a combat nurse in Vietnam, it took years for Diane Carlson Evans to see the same recognition as her weapon-wielding counterparts. But thanks to her advocacy work, the ...

Her family left the South for Amityville, New York, in 1923 — and that is where she died Jan. 8. The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegrated in the ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was ... Her family left the South in 1923 for Amityville, N.Y. -- where she died Jan. 8.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This late 1940’s photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army ...

(Nardus Engelbrecht/AP) CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The names are carved on ... found evidence of their service in South African army documents around 10 years ago, said Commonwealth War Graves ...

This late 1940's photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon. (US Air Force Historical Support Office via AP) ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was ... Leftenant-Colon was born in Goose Creek, South Carolina, in 1920. One of 12 children, she was the granddaughter ...