Joe Harris, who was believed to have been the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper prior to his ... Joe Harris was a hero in history, but to us he was simply Papa Joe,” Pittman added.

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, aptly nicknamed the “Triple Nickles.” At his ...

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 ...

An American paratrooper who became a legend in Belgium during World War II for carrying beer in his ... Speranza a “true inspiration to all of us and to many people across the United States ...

By Clay Risen Joe Harris, who as a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit during World War II parachuted into forest ... Though some 300 bombs reached the United States, only six people were ...

ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: The story is called "First Squad, First Platoon," and it's inspired by Rod Serling's experiences as a paratrooper in the Philippines during World War II. UNIDENTIFIED ...

This past March, the 98-year-old veteran skydived as part of a ceremony commemorating WWII paratroopers. “Jumping is the most fantastic thing in the world,” he told Staten Island Live.