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SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE, France — Army Staff Sgt. William Owens was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at a ceremony Thursday for extraordinary heroism displayed during the Allied ...

A Texas man nearing his 90th birthday has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his part in a daring 1943 attack on Nazi-controlled oil fields in Romania. Walter T. "Tom" Holmes Jr. of ...

A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced Monday. Army ...

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Woodson's story will also be told as part of a National Geographic docuseries, 'Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color.' Waverly Woodson Jr, a Black medic who served in the only all-Black regiment to take part ...

Staff Sgt. William D. Owen's Bronze Star was posthumously upgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during WWII. (Courtesy 505th Regimental Combat Team/James J. Ricci family ...

Click to open image viewer. Distinguished Service Cross; Obverse: bronze cross with American eagle depicted in center; raised letter text; Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel leaf wreath; blue ...