Carroll Yesteryears: Hampstead man made the ultimate sacrifice in the breakout from Normandy baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/Courtesy of Woodson familyOn the morning of June 6, 1944, Cpl. Waverly Woodson’s battle began before the young medic’s boots ever touched the fine golden sand of Omaha Beach.Woodson, then just 21, would later recall the blasts and the chaos that followed when his boat hit an enemy mine andan exploding mortar shell sprayed the steel deck with burning metal. All around lay the bodies of young men who, moments earlier, had been amped up on
Historians say U.S. military leaders hoped the formation of the 29th would help to reconcile a still-divided nation, and the unit went on to make history in World War I and World War II. Now, the blue-gray insignia is under scrutiny by the congressional Naming Commission.