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The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...
Sgt. Joe Harris, the groundbreaking American paratrooper whose historic unit took part in a famous, top secret mission during ...
Harris, who died March 15, was honored Saturday at Lewis Metropolitan CME Church before his burial in Inglewood.
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, a member of the all-Black "Triple Nickles" paratrooper unit, was honored at his funeral for his WWII service ...