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Wendell Pierce Claims Discrimination in Trying to Rent a Harlem Apartment
New York Times· 19 hours agoThe renowned character actor, best known for playing Detective Bunk Moreland on HBO’s “The Wire,”...
Black Army medic who saved 200 troops on D-Day awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Task & Purpose· 2 days agoOn Monday, a U.S. senator announced that Woodson will be posthumously awarded the Distinguished...
Reporter's notebook: A Black WWII hero is finally honored, 80 years after lifesaving D-Day courage
WSB Radio· 1 day agoNot far away, along the same trajectory, lies the Pentagon, where the question of how to honor...
80th anniversary of D-Day: Battleship Iowa Museum
KTLA-TV Los Angeles· 2 hours agoJune 5 marks the 80th anniversary of World War II D-Day, the invasion of Normandy. The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air,...
The Forgotten Hero of D-Day
Politico· 2 days agoAll told, the U.S. suffered around 3,700 casualties at Omaha Beach, including about 800 dead, meaning that if that estimate is approximately accurate, Woodson personally helped treat somewhere ...
A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He's finally being posthumously honored
CBS19 News Charlottesville· 2 days agoBraafladt said after the war the U.S. military made a deliberate effort to reduce its massive...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Sgt. Walt Ehlers description of the landing at Omaha Beach
Orange County Register· 2 hours agoJune 6, 2024, will mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history. Here’s one soldier’s account of what it was like to land on Omaha Beach during the ...
Black World War II medic who treated wounded soldiers on D-Day awarded posthumous Distinguished...
KION 46 Salinas· 5 hours agoWaverly Woodson, Jr., was part of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, an all-Black unit tasked with...
These watches have actual pieces of D-Day history in them
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDepicted in media like Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Medal of Honor, and Call of Duty, the...
World War II veterans take off for France for 80th anniversary of D-Day
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 5 days agoMore than 60 veterans of World War II are being flown from Dallas to France to take part in...