Joe Harris, oldest WWII paratrooper who paved way for Black soldiers, dies at 108

Sgt. Joe Harris lived a beautiful life. 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 funeral service on Saturday, friends, families and uniformed members of the military danced and sang to honor Harris, believed to be…

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