Compton’s Sgt. Joe Harris, who died at age 108, honored for legacy with all-Black battalion in World War II
Harris, who died March 15, was honored Saturday at Lewis Metropolitan CME Church before his burial in Inglewood.
Local city honors Vietnam veterans with parade, ceremony
The City of Mason paid tribute to Vietnam War veterans nearly 50 years after the conflict ended. A parade and ceremony were ...
How Black paratroopers saved the US from Japan’s WWII firebombs
Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...