Black D-Day combat medic’s long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives

Written by on June 7, 2024

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A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings was tenderly laid Friday on the hallowed sands where he saved lives and shed blood.

U.S. First Army soldiers held a ceremony in honor of . . .



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