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‘The first wave went through hell:’ The 16th Infantry Regiment’s role in victory on D-Day
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAmong the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th...
The oldest man at D-Day earned the Medal of Honor
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA Roosevelt. It would take a Roosevelt. Specifically, it took Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt III, whose son also landed that day. And he earned a Medal of
Black soldier with Middle TN ties posthumously receives top military honor
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoArmy. This week, one of the soldiers in that battalion was posthumously awarded a top military...
Waverly Woodson Jr. To Be Posthumously Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Black Enterprise· 3 days agoWar II, is being posthumously honored with the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of his...
Honored Vietnam veteran escorts D-Day veterans to Normandy for 80th anniversary
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA group of D-Day veterans is being escorted back to Normandy by a war veteran who knows a thing or...
Congressman Ryan fights for Medal of Honor for fallen Korean War hero - Mid Hudson News
Mid Hudson News· 19 hours agoLAGRANGEVILLE – More than 70 years ago, U.S. Army Private First Class (PFC) Charles Johnson...
Clarence Sasser, 76, Vietnam medic honored for lifesaving valor, dies - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 6 days agoThe Medal of Honor is the U.S. military’s most prestigious decoration. Mr. Sasser was one of 61...
A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day 80 years later
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs a Jewish man, Weberbauer’s fight with the Nazis understandably carried great significance in the...
Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 3 hours agoOMAHA BEACH, France — (AP) — A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat...
HIghway bridges dedicated to Medal of Honor recipient
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJun. 6—princeton After years of work, two bridges along Interstate 77 in Mercer County bear the name of a World War II hero who was presented the Medal of
