Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to have been the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper prior to his death last month at age 108, was laid to rest Saturday with a celebration honoring his ...

On June 6, 1944, some 13,000 U.S. paratroopers plunged down onto the bloodied beaches of Nazi-occupied France. They helped change the course of WWII.

Sergeant Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108. Mr. Harris ...

The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, often nicknamed The Triple Nickles, was a pioneering African-American paratrooper unit of the United States Army during World War II.