Dunn’s path to becoming a flight nurse was not always clear. As a teenager, she had an aversion to needles and blood. In her early twenties, however, seeing her best friend give birth was a game ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon passed away at 104 after serving as the first Black woman in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps following its ...
In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.