Woodson's story will also be told as part of a National Geographic docuseries, 'Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color.' Waverly Woodson Jr, a Black medic who served in the only all-Black regiment to take part ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Army Staff Sgt. William D. Owens knew his platoon was in trouble. Part of A Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd ...
WASHINGTON — Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy ...
SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE, France — Army Staff Sgt. William Owens was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at a ceremony Thursday for extraordinary heroism displayed during the Allied ...
A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced Monday. Army ...
NORMANDY, France — It is never too late to do the right thing for an American hero. For more than three years, the unit where I serve, First Army, has worked to honor one of our former soldiers, a ...
FT. HUACHUCA- From the battlefields of Vietnam to Fort Huachuca, U.S. Army Private First Class Frank Crary was at last honored with the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroic actions more than 50 ...
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