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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 combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

80 years after D-Day the family of a Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a closed-door caucus meeting after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Washington. The measure now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

A Black medic wounded on D-Day honored for treating dozens of troops under enemy fire

By Rebecca Santana and Kevin Wolf - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by Linda Hervieux, Joann Woodson kneels at the gravesite of her husband Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Members of Congress on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 said Woodson Jr., a Black army medic who saved dozens of wounded troops on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day despite being severely wounded himself, deserves the Medal of Honor, as they announced legislation to posthumously award it to him. (Linda Hervieux via AP, File)

Bill would give Black WWII medic posthumous Medal of Honor

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Linda Hervieux shows Joann Woodson at the grave site of Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. A new push is under way to posthumously award Woodson Jr. the Medal of Honor for his bravery on D-Day. Woodson Jr. was an army medic assigned to the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion. The battalion’s job was to set up explosive-rigged balloons to deter German planes. At a time when the military was still segregated by race, the balloon battalion was the only African American combat unit to land on Normandy on June 6, 1944. (Linda Hervieux via AP)

Push to posthumously give black soldier D-Day Medal of Honor

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

Push to posthumously give black soldier D-Day Medal of Honor

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press