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Honored Vietnam veteran escorts D-Day veterans to Normandy for 80th anniversary
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoA group of D-Day veterans is being escorted back to Normandy by a war veteran who knows a thing or...
Reporter's notebook: A Black WWII hero is finally honored, 80 years after lifesaving D-Day courage
ABC News· 12 hours agoTo reach Waverly B. Woodson, Jr.'s final resting place, you start on Eisenhower Drive. At the end of...
Set in stone: Purple Heart Monument to be dedicated Aug. 7
The Marietta Times· 1 hour agoJames “Doc” McCloughan speaks at the Medal of Honor ceremony in 2017 in Washington, D.C. McCloughan,...
A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He’s finally being posthumously honored
theGrio via AOL· 16 hours agoWoodson’s supporters believe not just that he is worthy of the Medal of Honor but that there was a recommendation at the time to award ...
Waverly Woodson Jr. To Be Posthumously Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Black Enterprise· 10 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· 12 hours agoHowever, Woodson only received... a Bronze Star Medal was later approved in 1945, Woodson was...
Clarence Sasser, 76, Vietnam Medic Honored for Life-Saving Valor, Dies
New York Times· 4 days agoThe Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced the death in a statement, which did not provide...
Black World War II medic given posthumous award for D-Day services
Black Hills FOX· 4 hours agoIt’s the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the Army. Waverly...
Black Army medic who saved 200 troops on D-Day awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Task & Purpose· 1 day agoS. military element to storm the beach on D-Day. “The tide brought us in, and that’s when the 88s...
Son of local Sgt. Eaker Churn Sr. to receive The President’s Lifetime Achievement Award - Cordele...
Cordele Dispatch· 10 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 ...