Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, Dies; Army Nurse Broke a Color Barrier
#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Nancy Leftenant-Colon, a granddaughter of enslaved people who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces, died on Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 104. Her great-niece Gilda Leftenant confirmed the death,…