Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who served as a nurse during the Korean and Vietnam wars, quietly broke down racial barriers during her long military career.
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104.
“She was just an awesome person,” her nephew Chris Leftenant told The Associated Press. “She never created waves when she was doing all this first this, first that. She never made a big thing of it. It was just happening.”as a nurse. She then joined the U.S. Air Force after the 332nd Fighter Group was disbanded, supporting the Korean and Vietnam wars.
She also was the first woman elected to the presidency of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc., serving from 1989 to 1991. In 2007, President George W. Bush presented the“She led the way, and she kept all the doors open doors behind,” Chris Lefenant said. “She was just the first one. But then she made it whenever and wherever possible for someone else to follow behind.”
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