The Washington Informer2h
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 ...
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 ...
MedPage Today2d
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 ...
Florida Courier2d
Black WWII combat medic honored 80 years after D-Day
Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War ...
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 the family of a 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 ...
Black D-Day Hero Finally Receives Medal After Family Pushes for Recognition
Waverly B. Woodson Jr., a Black World War II combat medic, received the Distinguished Service Cross decades after his death.