Joe Harris, a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit and believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper, died ...
Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black ...
He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.
Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper and a member of the ... Joe Harris' original uniform on display in Pendleton, Oregon. (Tracie Hunter via AP) Harris was born ...