After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...

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 ...

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 ...