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.

Joe Harris, Believed to Be the Oldest Surviving WWII ... jump out of a plane. In October, Pittman had the opportunity to follow in his grandfather’s airborne footsteps. For a week, he did ...

Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member ... For a week, he did paratrooper jump training in Corsicana, Texas, through the Liberty Jump Team, an ...

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.