Devoted grandmother of Julia, James Michael, Cameron and Chandler ... Interment private. Nancy loved flowers. Flowers ordered will be donated to a local nursing home after funeral services.

After years of being barred from a segregated military, she became the first Black nurse in the regular U.S. armed forces. She was later an Air Force officer. By Clay Risen Nancy Leftenant-Colon ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, died Jan. 8. Here, an American flag is presented to Leftenant-Colon ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...

Well done, Mrs. Leftenant-Colon! The first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps following its desegregation after World War II, Nancy Leftenant-Colon, passed away at 104, VPM reported.

KPRC 2 has obtained the Texas Education Agency ... to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities ...