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.
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Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for treating 200 troops under enemy fire on D ...
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Decades After D-Day, Family of Black WWII Combat Medic Receives His Medal of Heroism
"The tide brought us in, and that's when the 88s hit us," he said of the German 88mm guns ... of the 1.2 million Black ...
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80 years after D-Day the family of a Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism
"The tide brought us in, and that's when the 88s hit us," he said of the German 88mm guns ... who served in the military during World War II was awarded the Medal of Honor.
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Decades After D-Day, Family of Black WWII Combat Medic Receives His Medal of Heroism
"The tide brought us in, and that's when the 88s hit us," he said of the German 88mm guns ... who served in the military during World War II was awarded the Medal of Honor.