WWII-era Bronze Star & Combat Medic Badge | Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson's Award Ceremony

WWII-era Bronze Star & Combat Medic Badge | Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson's Award Ceremony

ARLINGTON, VA, UNITED STATES 10.11.2023 Video by Staff Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf 174th Infantry Brigade Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson, an African American medic who served heroically during the WWII D-Day invasion and who is currently at the center of bipartisan Congressional efforts to upgrade him to the Medal of Honor, posthumously received a WWII-era Bronze Star and the Combat Medic Badge during a ceremony at his gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery, Oct. 11, 2023. Speakers in order: Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Prosser, Command Sergeant Major with First Army; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); retired Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty, former commanding general of First Army; Stephen Woodson, son of Staff Sgt. Woodson.