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WEB5 days ago — Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy German ...
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WEB5 days ago — Weekend Reporter. Waverly B. Woodson Jr., a Black World War II combat medic who served in the only African American unit involved in the D-Day invasion, is finally being awarded a medal decades ...
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WEB5 days ago — 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.
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WEB6 days ago — WASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops ...
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WEBJun 3, 2024 — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
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WEBJun 5, 2024 — Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr. saved dozens of Allied troops on D-Day. Courtesy of the Woodson family/AP. CNN — A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been...
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WEBJun 4, 2024 — World War II medic Waverly B. Woodson, Jr. was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest U.S. military honor, for saving countless lives during the Allied Invasion of Normandy of World War II.
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WEBJun 8, 2024 — First Army soldiers held a ceremony in honor of Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. on the beach where he came ashore and was wounded, and where hundreds of American soldiers were killed by withering fire...
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WEB5 days ago — WASHINGTON —. Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops ...