Staff Sgt. William 'Bill' Owens fought for two days during World War II. Eighty-one years after the fight, his Silver Star ...

A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross ... of Nazi Germany in World War II. Woodson, who became ...

WASHINGTON — Army Medic Waverly Woodson, who treated 200 wounded men on D-Day, was finally awarded the Distinguished ... Black World War II troops were given that highest armed service honor.

Smith was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for ... Navy’s hundreds of thousands of World War II veterans — for his service to our nation during a defining ...

But, like every Black soldier recommended for the medal during World ... Korean War, and finished his service with two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. The Distinguished Service Cross is an ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A Montgomery County man was just posthumously given an award for bravery during World War II and it ... awarded Woodson the Distinguished Service Cross, presenting it ...

Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II ... Tuesday with the Distinguished Service Cross he was awarded posthumously ...

According to the U.S. Army, Col. Robert B. Hood served in World War I, earning the Distinguished Service Cross during his ...

Staff Sgt. William Owens' Silver Star was posthumously upgraded to a Distinguished Service Cross 81 years after his actions during World War II. Owens played a crucial role in securing the La ...

Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II ... Tuesday with the Distinguished Service Cross he was awarded posthumously ...