The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...

In January, a group of Marine Corps veterans and wildland firefighters visited Mr. Harris at his home in Compton. They presented him with a paratrooper patch and a Pulaski. An earlier version of ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. Here, Harris is surrounded by family ...

U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former wildland firefighter ... a wildfire tool used for building firebreaks, and a paratrooper patch. "They fought fascism and then fought racism," said Gallagher ...