Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was 108.

The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...

Joe Harris, WWII's oldest surviving paratrooper, was laid to rest recently. He was a part of the Army's all-Black 555th ...

In this 1942 footage, volunteer paratroopers train for jumping into fights for World War II.

Three airmen who died during a World War II bombing raid have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...

The American Airpower Museum (AAM) in Farmingdale, New York, continues its popular “C-47 D-Day Living History Flight ...

Joe Harris, Believed to Be the Oldest Surviving WWII Paratrooper, Has Died Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all ...

COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- Sgt. Joe Harris, World War II's oldest surviving paratrooper, died at the age of 108. But his memory will live on in the history books and the community of Compton.

A World War II-era plane is set to ... A page on the US Forest Service website about the agency’s connection to the Black paratroopers entitled “The Triple Nickles: A history of service ...

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 ... "A true American." U.S. Marine Corps veteran ...