Hazel Johnson-Brown, born October 10, 1927 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is the first African American female general in the US Army. She moved to New York City to attend the Harlem School of Nursing, and in 1947, she started at the Harmlem Hosptial emergency ward.
Johnson-Brown enlisted in the US Army in 1955 and rose in the ranks as she impressed her superior with her skill in the operating room. She took assignments all over the world, including Japan where she trained nurses on their way to Vietnam.
Johnson-Brown was promoted to brigadier general in 1979(?), becoming the first black woman to attain that rank. She retired from the army n 1983.
During Operation Desert Storm in 1990, she volunteered to work at For Belvoir, Virginia's Army Hosptial.
She passed away in Wilmington, Delaware in August 2011.
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