Tag: World War II
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A soldier from Chicago was killed in a WWII attack launched on New Year’s Eve 1944. He’s finally been accounted for.
A 19-year-old soldier who was killed during World War II has been accounted for, military officials said Thursday. U.S. Army Pvt. Jeremiah P. Maroney was assigned to an anti-tank company in Europe during the war, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a news release. Maroney, originally from Chicago, was part of the 157th Infantry…
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80 years after D-Day, family of Black World War II combat medic receives his medal for heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy German fire – all while injured himself. Decades later, and nearly 20 years after his death, his family finally received the recognition…