‘My Father, If He Could Be Here Today, Would Be Humbled’
More than 80 years after Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson Jr. ignored his own wounds and treated 200 soldiers who were wounded during the Battle of Normandy in World War II,… Read More
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WW II Soldier Woodson to Receive Posthumous Distinguished Service Honor
Staff Sergeant Waverly Woodson treated hundreds of wounded soldiers on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Wounded himself by enemy fire, he dodged bullets and bombs while tending to the injuries of… Read More
B-CC Grad Now Serving as Combat Medic in Israel
A 27-year-old Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School graduate, who now lives in Israel, currently is a medic supporting a paratrooper unit as that country wages war against Hamas. For security reasons,… Read More
WW II Hero Honored at Arlington
On Wednesday, U.S. Staff Sergeant Waverly Woodson Jr. was posthumously awarded the Bronze Medal and Combat Medic Badge in a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Wounded himself, Woodson… Read More