Joseph Drake, 100, of Hawley, is one of five surviving U.S. Army Rangers who served in World War II. He received a ...

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 ...

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 h… ...

The Roland American Legion is honoring a fallen hero as it observes the Memorial Day holiday. "Our small community lost 11 sons, 11 heroes, during World War II," said Legion Post 307 Commander Jim ...

Fallen WWII combat medic, Navy Cross recipient from Roland gets long overdue honors. Ronna Faaborg. ... 11 heroes, during World War II," said Legion Post 307 Commander Jim McCormick. "One, ...

FILE - First Army's Command Sgt. Maj. Chris Prosser, left, presents Joann Woodson with her husband's Combat Medic Badge during a posthumous medal ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Oct. 11 ...

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.

Steve Woodson offers remarks during a ceremony to posthumously award the Distinguished Service Cross to his father, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black ...