Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was 108.

He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army's first all-Black paratrooper battalion ... a wildfire tool used for building firebreaks, and a paratrooper patch. "They fought ...

Though some 300 bombs reached the United States, only six people were killed ... They presented him with a paratrooper patch and a Pulaski. An earlier version of this obituary misstated the ...

He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper ... used for building firebreaks, and a paratrooper patch. “Our country has a duty to ensure ...