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 ...

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 Army is scaling back 20,000 paid parachutist positions to prioritize limited airborne resources for soldiers who would ...

As thousands took to the streets to protest Trump polices, family members and military personnel assembled to pay tribute to Sgt. Joe Harris.

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 15 ...

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to have been the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper prior to his death last month at ...

Joe Harris, a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit and believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper, died ...

Harris, who died March 15, was honored Saturday at Lewis Metropolitan CME Church before his burial in Inglewood.

A World War II-era plane is set to fly over a veteran’s funeral Saturday. Eighty years ago, elite paratroopers were leaping out of similar aircraft on a secret mission called Operation Firefly.