During WWII, Briard enlisted to work as a first lieutenant Army Nurse in Hawaii. “Oh, I felt it was very important,” Briard said. “They were needed.” Briard started out as a farm girl from ...

He is survived by his two sisters, Rose Marie Sedlock, Frackville, Justine, wife of Gino Monahan of Shenandoah ... After high school, Bob volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army and was stationed in ...

and Shirley (Weigle) LaFramboise and his older brother James LaFramboise, Jr. A proud Army Veteran, Gerald dedicated much of his life to serving others. He worked tirelessly, putting himself through ...

Mr. Garten was a Veteran of the United States Army serving during the Vietnam Era ... A Memorial Service for Glen will be held 2 p.m., Friday, February 21, 2025 at the Monahan Funeral Home, 125 ...

Mrs. Leftenant-Colon joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in February 1948, several months before President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order desegregating the armed forces. It was the ...

In 1945, she was accepted into the Army Nurse Corps as a reservist with the rank of second lieutenant. She rose to the rank of first lieutenant in just 11 months. In 1946, she was assigned to the ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...

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, and a native of Goose Creek, South Carolina. Nancy 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...