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The New York Times

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, Dies; Army Nurse Broke a Color Barrier

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25
Jan


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.




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