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Meet the Black medic finally honored for saving dozens of lives on D-Day despite his own wounds
Years after his valiant actions on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion in northern France, African-American combat medic Waverly B. Woodson Jr. recently received the recognition he deserves.
He saved 200 lives on D-Day, and was finally honored for his heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr.’s D-Day heroics were cinematic. After his landing craft was hit by a barrage of shell strikes and an ...
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80 years after D-Day the family of a Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...
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Toomey joins call to honor medic
Waverly B. Woodson Jr., a Black army medic who saved dozens of wounded troops on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day despite being severely wounded himself, deserves the Medal of Honor, said members ...
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80 years after D-Day, the family of a Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism
AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr. 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 ...