During the podcast, Anderson said the 22,000 soldiers will still keep their jobs and be reclassified as non-parachutist positions, meaning they won’t receive jump pay, but still have opportunities to ...

The Army is scaling back 20,000 paid parachutist positions to prioritize limited airborne resources for soldiers who would ...

Harris, who died March 15, was honored Saturday at Lewis Metropolitan CME Church before his burial in Inglewood.

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On-site, his paratrooper uniform was on display and an enlarged photo of Harris smiled down over gatherers. In the afternoon, ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to have been the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper prior to his death last month at ...

From Saturday through April 16, the 10th Marines Field Artillery Regiment will be training there for their semi-annual ...

The Tuskegee Airmen and the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, two distinguished groups of Black soldiers who fought valiantly in World War II, still faced racism despite their exceptional ...

It was even depicted in HBOs mini-series Band of Brothers. But their sister division, the 82nd Airborne would play and equal role in the northern sector of the bulge during the Ardennes Counter ...

Joe Harris, a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit and believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper, died ...

By Clay Risen Joe Harris, who as a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit during World War II parachuted into forest ... and the 555th was incorporated into the 82nd Airborne Division.