(CNN) – A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. It’s the second highest military decoration that can be ...

The family of a man who was posthumously honoured for saving lives during World War Two are looking for a new home for his rare bravery medal. Arturo Fanconi, better known as Arthur, was killed in ...

In this episode of World War II Wayfinder, we travel to the tiny Norman hamlet of Holdy, just outside Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, to explore the site of Doc Legg’s 2nd Battalion, 502nd PIR aid station.

80 Years After D-Day the Family of a Black World War II Combat Medic Receives His Medal for Heroism WASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit ...

WWII medics were supposed to be protected by the rules of war—but the reality on the front lines was far different. We ...

WWII veteran Walter Knight promised dying men he would remember them when he got home and so he has always been in the Veterans Day Parade ...

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 ...