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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died

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Nancy Leftenant-Colon was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s .

She retired as a major and died earlier this month at a New York nursing home.

She was one of six siblings who served in the military, including a brother who was a Tuskegee Airmen pilot.

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