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Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was an Army medic in an African American battalion who helped save scores of lives at Normandy on D-Day. On Tuesday, U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation to posthumously award him a Medal of Honor.
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Senators Push For Medal Of Honor For Late Black Medic Who Saved Lives At Normandy

Sep 09, 2020
Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr., a member of an African American battalion, treated scores of soldiers wounded on D-Day but was passed over for the medal. Lawmakers and relatives have tried to change that.
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U.S. World War II D-Day veteran Tom Rice, from Coronado, Calif., parachutes in a tandem jump into a field in Carentan, Normandy, France, on Wednesday. Approximately 200 parachutists participated in the event, replicating a jump made by U.S. soldiers on J
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D-Day Vets In Their 90s Parachute Into Normandy 75 Years Later, This Time To Cheers

Jun 05, 2019
Three nonagenarians were among 200 parachutists marking the anniversary of the allied invasion of Europe, June 6, 1944. They leaped into the same fields once occupied by Nazi forces.
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The casket of U.S. Navy sailor Julius Pieper lays next to the grave of his twin brother Ludwig during a reburial service at the Normandy American Cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
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How A High Schooler Helped Reunite Twins 74 Years After Their World War II Deaths

Jul 04, 2018
The Pieper twins were killed in the 1944 D-Day Normandy invasion. Last month, they were laid to rest together in a military cemetery in France — thanks to a Nebraska teen's school history project.
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Haley and Andre Boursier, 88, pose for photos. She says she still believes in Pere Noel.
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How An American Became Santa In A Little Town In France

Dec 22, 2017
An American with a home in the French town of Vimoutiers, in Normandy, looks so much like Santa that the locals want him to play the part.
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