Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died
March 31, 2025
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press 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 in a hospital in Los Angeles surrounded by family, grandson Ashton Pittman told The Associated Press. He will be honored with a full military funeral on April 5. “He was a very loving, loving, loving man,” said Pittman. “That was one of the things that he was very strict upon was loving one another.” Harris was among the last surviving members
