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World War II Medic Finally Receives Honors for D-Day Heroism
Posthumous award of Distinguished Service Cross to Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson Jr. for saving over 200 casualties in Normandy ...
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 ...
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 ...
Letter to the editor: Long-overdue honors
Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr., an African American combat medic, was wounded before setting down near Omaha Beach on D-Day (“80 years after D-Day the family of a Black World War II combat medic receives ...
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Decades After D-Day, Family of Black WWII Combat Medic Receives His Medal of Heroism
In an era of intense racial discrimination, not a single one of the 1.2 million Black Americans who served in the military ...
80 years after D-Day the family of a Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism
Family and supporters of a Black combat medic who treated 200 troops on D-Day under intense enemy fire are gathering to honor ...
Family of Black World War II combat medic will finally receive 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.
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80 years after D-Day, family of Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism
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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He saved 200 lives on D-Day, and was finally honored for his heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr.’s D-Day heroics were cinematic. After his landing craft was hit by a barrage of shell strikes and an underwater mine explosion, his body was shredded by mortar shrapnel.