This was sent to me by a dear old friend over in the PNW, and, IMO, needs looking at.
Spread this. Call your congress persons.
This is a wrong that it is not too late to correct.
In honor of the 75th anniversary of World War II's D-Day, the Congressional Black Caucus has restarted a push for war hero Waverly Woodson Jr. to be recognized as such by the US Army. Woodson was one of the first Black soldiers to make it onto Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The 21-year-old's boat was hit by a mortar as they made it to the French shores and shrapnel tore apart one of his legs while killing the man next to him. Woodson was a medic from Philadelphia serving in an all-black battalion......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHA06Cst0sQ
Spread this. Call your congress persons.
This is a wrong that it is not too late to correct.
In honor of the 75th anniversary of World War II's D-Day, the Congressional Black Caucus has restarted a push for war hero Waverly Woodson Jr. to be recognized as such by the US Army. Woodson was one of the first Black soldiers to make it onto Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The 21-year-old's boat was hit by a mortar as they made it to the French shores and shrapnel tore apart one of his legs while killing the man next to him. Woodson was a medic from Philadelphia serving in an all-black battalion......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHA06Cst0sQ