Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has passed away at the age of 104.
A Lowcountry native who became the nation’s first Black military nurse will be laid to rest in New York this weekend.
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died ...