WWII Medic Receives Overdue Distinguished Service Cross
September 27, 2024
September 27, 2024
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 27 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army issued the following news:
More than 80 years after he worked tirelessly to save more than 200 fellow soldiers on D-Day, Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
The presentation of the nation's second-highest award for valor at the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of years of work to ensure Woodson, an African American Army medic, w . . .
More than 80 years after he worked tirelessly to save more than 200 fellow soldiers on D-Day, Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
The presentation of the nation's second-highest award for valor at the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of years of work to ensure Woodson, an African American Army medic, w . . .