80 years after D-Day, family of Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr. treated 200 wounded men — all while small arms and artillery fire pummeled the beach — before ...
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80 Years After D-Day, the Family of a Black World War II Combat Medic Receives His Medal for Heroism
A Black combat medic who treated 200 troops during the harrowing invasion of Normandy during World War II is being honored ...
He treated 200 on D-Day | Black World War II veteran from Maryland finally honored
Waverly B. Woodson Jr. treated 200 men during D-Day — all while he was injured. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) hosted the posthumous ceremony Tuesday.
He saved 200 lives on D-Day, and was finally honored for his heroism
With a color guard Waverly Woodson never got to see, a National Anthem he would never hear and applause he’d never get to ...
Thanks to Van Hollen, an overlooked D-Day hero is finally honored.
Chris Van Hollen completed his nine-year effort to have the U.S. Army fully recognize the valor of African American D-Day ...
80 years after D-Day, Black medic's widow receives his medal for heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II.
80 years after D-Day, the family of a Black World War II combat medic who later lived in Maryland receives his heroism medal
Waverly B. Woodson Jr.’s 95-year-old widow was presented Tuesday with the Distinguished Service Cross he was awarded ...
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Son of D-Day veteran creates spectacular 30-ft long model of Mulberry Harbour
The son of a soldier who stormed ashore in Normandy has made a 30-foot model of the floating harbour that was key to the ...
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Celebrate the Navy Birthday
"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." - Theodore Roosevelt "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he ...