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 ...

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 ...

Staff Sgt. William D. Owen's Bronze Star was posthumously upgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during WWII. (Courtesy 505th Regimental Combat Team/James J. Ricci family ...

WASHINGTON — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Woodson offers remarks during a ceremony to posthumously award the Distinguished Service Cross to his father, U.S. Army ...

Add Task & Purpose (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. As a D-Day medic ...

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 ...

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 Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished ...

Waverly Woodson was a 21-year-old Army corporal on June 6, 1944, when he landed on Omaha Beach as a combat medic with the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion — an often-overlooked unit that was the only ...