Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II. Decades later, his family is receiving the Distinguished Service Cross

A Black combat medic who treated 200 troops during the harrowing invasion of Normandy during World War II is being honored with the Army's second highest award. The family of

Waverly B. Woodson Jr., a Black World War II combat medic, received the Distinguished Service Cross decades after his death.