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Black World War II medic given posthumous award for D-Day services
WNDU 16 South Bend· 1 day agoIt’s the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the Army. Waverly...
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion
Chicago Tribune· 4 hours agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity,...
Black World War II medic who treated wounded soldiers on D-Day awarded posthumous Distinguished...
CNN via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoA Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded...
Keeler: As Rockies’ Kris Bryant heads back to injured list, fans are ready to move on: “He can’t...
Denver Post· 3 hours agoWhich, to Ashley Kindsvatter, a Denverite who wore a black Bryant T-shirt to Wednesday’s tilt,...
Exhibits, galleries, theater and more: Seacoast arts and culture news
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThe premise is simple – we sing loudly in public while drinking great beer. Enjoy a fun-filled...
A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He’s finally being posthumously honored
FOX 16 Little Rock· 2 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take...
Brave German shepherd lures a bear away from his house while terrified owner screams (video)
Boing Boing· 2 days agoGerman shepherds were originally bred to herd sheep, but one amazing Minnesota dog named Zeus used his skills to lure a bear away from his home. Although the video doesn't ...
The Battle of Henry Johnson, Albany war hero
Albany Times Union· 11 hours agoThe popular story of Henry Johnson, Albany’s World War I hero, goes something like this: Johnson was a railroad porter who enlisted in the black regiment...
‘Run Lola Run’ Star Franka Potente on Doing All That Running in 1999 Cult Classic Despite Smoking...
Variety via AOL· 16 hours agoThe hair was a whole thing. In “Run Lola Run,” the 1999 German thriller that made Franka Potente a...
D-Day anniversary: How Americans heard the news, and the speech that was never given
FOX 25 Boston· 16 hours agoGerman news agencies had broken the story early on the morning of June 6, 1944, that Nazi forces...