Known as “Lefty,” Nancy Leftenant-Colon was one of six siblings who served in the military, including a brother who was a ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon passed away at 104 after serving as the first Black woman in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps following its ...
Starting as an air stewardess, where one had to be a registered nurse at the time, Kinkela then joined the air force and started evacuating soldiers off the battle field. During the Korean War ...
Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, ...
Opinion
The Vietnam War – Sharon (Johnson) McCully – Favored medevac flights and unexpected adventuresWe have been learning about Sharon McCully, a 1957 Russell High School graduate who trained as a nurse and volunteered for the Air Force in 1968. She completed flight nurse training before deploying ...
We have been learning about Sharon McCully, a 1957 Russell High School graduate who trained as a nurse and volunteered for the Air Force in 1968. She completed flight nurse training before deploying ...
Colon, the first African American commissioned into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after it was desegregated in the 1940s, died ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback