Name: Black D-Day combat medic’s long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives
Uploaded: 2024-06-07T13:21:56-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings was tenderly laid Friday on the hallowed sands where he saved lives and shed blood. U.S. First Army soldiers held a ceremony in honor of Waverly Woodson Jr. on […]

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Black D-Day combat medic’s long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings was tenderly laid Friday on the hallowed sands where he saved lives and shed blood. U.S. First Army soldiers held a ceremony in honor of Waverly Woodson Jr. on […]