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D-Day veterans return to Normandy for 80th anniversary, share memories and messages for future generations

D-Day veterans return to Normandy for 80th anniversary, share memories and messages for future generations
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Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead

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A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives He s finally being posthumously honored

Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service

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A Black medic wounded on D-Day is finally posthumously honored

Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

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Black medic wounded on D-Day to be posthumously honored – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Waverly Woodson Jr. was just 21 years old when his unit, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, took part in the Allied operation.

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