{"id":157412,"date":"2024-06-04T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=157412"},"modified":"2024-06-03T19:42:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:42:36","slug":"d-day-hero-to-receive-posthumous-dsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=157412","title":{"rendered":"D-Day hero to receive posthumous DSC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waverly Woodson Jr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ve talked about Staff Sergeant Waverly Woodson Jr before. I wrote about him last year for a Valor Friday piece<\/a>. Click the link to refresh your memory. Ex-PH2 posted<\/a> about him a few years previous. [Editor’s note: I don’t realize how much I miss some people like Ex until I’m going through old posts and see those familiar names from better times. ?]<\/p>\n

Woodson spent a full 30 hours straight on Utah Beach saving hundreds of lives, starting at 1000 hours on D-Day. His amazing determination and bravery under fire had his command recommend him for the Distinguished Service Cross. When that recommendation made it to the commanding general, he corrected it to recommend a Medal of Honor. The MoH recommendation died in FDR’s office, and Woodson never got anything more than campaign and service medals before he died in 2005.<\/p>\n

Last year, he posthumously received the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Medical Badge. Just announced yesterday afternoon, he’d now being posthumously honored with the Distinguished Service Cross. Congress may still take action to allow the MoH to be awarded, and for my part I’m hoping it is.<\/p>\n

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has announced the award. His office has a nice write up on Sergeant Woodson outlining just why he’s so deserving of this honor. Read it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Though Woodson didn’t live to see his bravery recognized properly, at least his widow has.<\/p>\n

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