Vince Speranza, 98, jumped from the sky once more on Saturday more than 75 years after the veteran paratrooper made training jumps in the final days of World War II. Organizers said Speranza, of the ...

FREDERICK — Some come from military backgrounds, some come from families with legacies of service and some come seeking a thrill. But all who come to the former Frederick Army Airfield want to keep ...

Sgt. Joe Harris: Believed to be the oldest paratrooper to have served during World War II, he died on March 15. Harris was 108. (Bob D'Angelo/Cox Media Group) By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National ...

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COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- 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 ...

In this episode of World War II Wayfinder, we travel to the tiny Norman hamlet of Holdy, just outside Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, to explore the site of Doc Legg’s 2nd Battalion, 502nd PIR aid station.

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 ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108. Harris died March 15 ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. Here, Harris is surrounded by family ...