A soldier of the First U.S. Army holds a portrait of 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, being ...

80 years after D-Day, the family of a Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism Woodson's 95-year-old widow, Joann, was presented Tuesday with the Distinguished Service Cross ...

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 ...

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 died in 2005, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.