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Black soldier with Middle TN ties posthumously receives top military honor
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 1 day agoArmy. This week, one of the soldiers in that battalion was posthumously awarded a top military...
Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 22 hours agoU.S. First Army soldiers held a ceremony in honor of Waverly Woodson Jr. on the beach where he came...
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 ...
Band of Brothers stars take part in D-Day jump
BBC via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoMr Sabga-Brady and Mr Black said the idea came from "a few conversations" with cast members and they then trained at Camp ...training was 'pretty tough'...
Black World War II medic who treated wounded soldiers on D-Day awarded posthumous Distinguished...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded...
US soldier goes on trial in Russia for threatening to kill girlfriend
KFGO· 3 days agoVLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier, stationed in South Korea but detained in Russia on...
Russian court begins trial of U.S. soldier arrested on theft charges
NBC NEWS· 2 days agoA court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok on Thursday began the trial of an American ...
The Time is Now to Modernize the Army’s Black Hawk Helicopter
Army Times· 5 days agoEvery Soldier knows the familiar outline of a Black Hawk helicopter in the sky. With more than 2,100...
US D-Day Black Medic
Goshen News· 2 days agoSoldiers of the First U.S. Army hold a ceremony on Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on Friday, June 7, 2024, to honor Waverly Woodson Jr., a...
Black Army medic who saved 200 troops on D-Day awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Task & Purpose· 5 days ago“The tide brought...German 88mm guns. On the beach, “Woodson set broken limbs, removed bullets,...