Search results
Waverly Woodson Jr. To Be Posthumously Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Black Enterprise· 4 days agoAs the Associated Press reports, the Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to U.S. Army soldiers...
The terrible fate of SAS heroes who landed in France ahead of D-Day
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHaving escaped, and using only a pair of scissors, Cpl Allan had to amputate two of Tpr O’Neill’s...
His final spin: Pat Sajak’s history on ‘Wheel of Fortune’
NY Post via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoPat Sajak makes history as the longest-running host of any game show (beating Bob Barker, who hosted...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Veterans fight back tears in Auld Lang Syne singalong
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt was only after the 15 D-Day veterans had made it safely on to a square overlooking the shores of...
Nearly 30 Years After His Death, Cpl. Waverly Woodson, Jr., A Black Medic And D-Day Hero, Is Finally...
Black America Web· 2 days agoD-Day, Jr., a Black army medic who saved nearly 200 lives during D-Day in 1944, is being posthumously honored for his heroic efforts. On June 3, Woodson, who passed away in 2005 at the age of ...
New England Air Museum to feature bronze casting of WWII veteran Ann Griffin Gleszer’s medal
FOX61· 2 days agoThe New England Air Museum announced this week that it will receive a donation of a bronze casting...
Photos: World War II veterans honoured on D-Day’s 80th anniversary
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoOn Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron presented a Legion d’Honneur award – France’s highest...
The dramatic story of Pointe du Hoc, the backdrop to Biden's D-Day anniversary speech
KPBS San Diego· 1 day agoPresident Biden’s itinerary for commemorating D-Day’s 80th anniversary in France includes giving a...
An all-Black battalion stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Why did it take 80 years to honor a...
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 24 hours agoArmy Corporal Waverly Woodson, who settled in Clarksburg, Maryland after the war, was part of the...
Time to recognize one last hero from D-Day
Colorado Springs Gazette· 2 days agoAlmost half of that number, 73,000, were American soldiers. There were many acts of heroism on that day and 12 soldiers, whose deeds were deemed extraordinary, would be presented with our nation ...