The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...

Joe Harris, WWII's oldest surviving paratrooper, was laid to rest recently. He was a part of the Army's all-Black 555th ...

The man believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper has died. Joe Harris, 108, will be honored with a full military funeral on April 5.

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.