He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.
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 ...
Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper and a member of the ... The battalion helped protect the U.S. from deadly Japanese balloon bombs, according to Robert L.