This late 1940's photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon. (US Air Force Historical Support Office via AP)This 1940's family handout photograph shows retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon, at center. Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, died at the age of 104 on Jan. 8, 2025. (Leftenant-Colon family photo via AP)FILE - An American flag is presented to Nancy Leftenant-Colon during a memorial service for her brother, Tuskegee Airmen, 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Jan. 14, 2016. Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, died on Jan. 8, 2025. She was 104. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
US Air Force Historical Support Office
This late 1940's photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon. (US Air Force Historical Support Office via AP)
