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

Sgt. Joe Harris, the groundbreaking American paratrooper whose historic unit took part in a famous, top secret mission during ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, a member of the all-Black "Triple Nickles" paratrooper unit, was honored at his funeral for his WWII service ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, World War II's oldest surviving paratrooper, died at the age of 108. But his memory will live on in the history books and the community of Compton. Harris was a member of the Army's ...

Sgt. Joe Harris lived a beautiful life. He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army's first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed the ...

INGLEWOOD — Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to have been the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper prior to his death last month at age 108, was laid to rest Saturday with a celebration ...