He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed the “Triple Nickles.” At his ...

97-year-old WW2 paratrooper vet returns to Normandy to recreate his D-Day jump." Although the X post did not specify when the clip was recorded, the fact it was uploaded on the 80th anniversary of ...

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.

(AP) - 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.

By Clay Risen Joe Harris, who as a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit during World War II parachuted into forest ... to be the oldest surviving U.S. paratrooper, died on March 15 in Los ...

James “Pee Wee” Martin — a locally celebrated and much-loved World War II veteran who parachuted ... “Pee Wee” by being the lightest paratrooper in his regiment. He celebrated his ...

An American paratrooper who became a legend in Belgium during World War II for carrying beer in his helmet to give to the wounded has died, the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps said Thursday.

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. Here, Harris is surrounded by family ...