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Honored Vietnam veteran escorts D-Day veterans to Normandy for 80th anniversary
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoA group of D-Day veterans is being escorted back to Normandy by a war veteran who knows a thing or...
A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He's finally being posthumously honored
Los Angeles Times· 12 hours agoThe Distinguished Service Cross is the second-highest honor that can be bestowed on a member of the...
Clarence Sasser, 76, Vietnam medic honored for lifesaving valor, dies - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoThe Medal of Honor is the U.S. military’s most prestigious decoration. Mr. Sasser ...
Reporter's notebook: A Black WWII hero is finally honored, 80 years after lifesaving D-Day courage
WSB Radio· 19 hours agoTo reach Waverly B. Woodson, Jr.'s final resting place, you start on Eisenhower Drive. At the end of...
Waverly Woodson Jr. To Be Posthumously Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Black Enterprise· 13 hours agoAs the Associated Press reports, the Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to U.S. Army soldiers...
Medic awarded Distinguished Service Cross 80 years after saving lives on D-Day
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoHowever, Woodson only received... a Bronze Star Medal was later approved in 1945, Woodson was...
Son of local Sgt. Eaker Churn Sr. to receive The President’s Lifetime Achievement Award - Cordele...
Cordele Dispatch· 13 hours agoSarah Brown – Managing Editor Phillip Churn Sr. a retired Major General in the U.S. Army has been nominated by the President’s Council ...
Black World War II medic given posthumous award for D-Day services
KKCO Grand Junction CO· 7 hours agoIt’s the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the Army. Waverly...
PCOM South Georgia holds first military pinning, honors 2024 graduates at awards ceremony
The Daily Citizen, Dalton, Ga. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJun. 3—MOULTRIE — PCOM South Georgia's class of 2024 graduates were honored during a special awards dinner held Wednesday, May 15, at the University of Georgia Conference ...
Black Army medic who saved 200 troops on D-Day awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Task & Purpose· 2 days agoS. military element to storm the beach on D-Day. “The tide brought us in, and that’s when the 88s...