World War II Medic Finally Receives Honors for D-Day Heroism
Posthumous award of Distinguished Service Cross to Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson Jr. for saving over 200 casualties in Normandy during WWII.
Decades After D-Day, Family of Black WWII Combat Medic Receives His Medal of Heroism
In an era of intense racial discrimination, not a single one of the 1.2 million Black Americans who served in the military during World War II was awarded the Medal of Honor. It wasn't until the early 1990s that the Army commissioned a study to analyze whether Black troops had been unjustly overlooked.
80 years after D-Day, family of Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr. treated 200 wounded men — all while small arms and artillery fire pummeled the beach — before collapsing from his injuries and blood loss.
Family of Black World War II combat medic will finally receive his medal for heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II. Decades later, his family is receiving the Distinguished Service Cross
Family of Black WWII medic finally receives medal for his heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for treating 200 troops under enemy fire on D-Day.
Black D-Day Hero Finally Receives Medal After Family Pushes for Recognition
Waverly B. Woodson Jr., a Black World War II combat medic, received the Distinguished Service Cross decades after his death.
Black Maryland medic gets posthumous recognition, medal for D-Day heroism
Waverly Woodson Jr. received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroic actions on D-Day that may have saved 200 lives. But the award came posthumously and only after years of fighting by his family for the honor.
80 years after D-Day, the family of a Black World War II combat medic who later lived in Maryland receives his heroism medal
Waverly B. Woodson Jr.’s 95-year-old widow was presented Tuesday with the Distinguished Service Cross he was awarded posthumously for his extraordinary heroism.
He saved 200 lives on D-Day, and was finally honored for his heroism
With a color guard Waverly Woodson never got to see, a National Anthem he would never hear and applause he’d never get to ...
Thanks to Van Hollen, an overlooked D-Day hero is finally honored.
Chris Van Hollen completed his nine-year effort to have the U.S. Army fully recognize the valor of African American D-Day ...
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80 years after D-Day, Black medic's widow receives his medal for heroism
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — 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 ...
80 years after D-Day the family of a Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War ...