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

Just a few days after turning 100, Tony Battaglia shared his recollections as a U.S. Army medic serving in the embattled Aleutian Islands during World War II. "It was a long time ago," the ...

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 ...

Ultimately, they would like to see him honored with the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration that can be awarded by the U.S. government and one long denied to Black troops who served in ...

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that U.S. Army Pvt. Erwin H. Schopp, 30, of Plymouth, Nebraska, who was ...

A Black combat medic who treated 200 troops during the harrowing invasion of Normandy during World War II is being honored with the Army's second highest award By Associated Press Sept. 24, 2024 ...

Like many World War II veterans, Woodson didn't talk much about his experiences during the war or what it was like to be in the middle of some of the most intense combat U.S. troops saw, his son said.

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 ...

A Black combat medic who treated 200 troops during the harrowing invasion of Normandy during World War II is honored with the Army's second-highest award.

A Black combat medic who treated 200 troops during the harrowing invasion of Normandy during World War II is honored with the Army's second-highest award.