First Army's Command Sgt. Maj. Chris Prosser, left, presents Joann Woodson with her late husband's Combat Medic Badge during a 2023 ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Woodson received her ...
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How Geneva rules failed to protect WWII medics

WWII medics were supposed to be protected by the rules of war—but the reality on the front lines was far different. We ...
Just a few days after turning 100, Tony Battaglia shared his recollections as a U.S. Army medic serving in the embattled Aleutian Islands during World War II. "It was a long time ago," the Honesdale ...
Army veteran Tim Kiniry, 104, signs a baseball card of himself on April 16 at Stockton University. (Susan Allen/Stockton University) Heading into his final months as a World War II combat medic, Sgt.
WASHINGTON — Army Medic Waverly Woodson, who treated 200 wounded men on D-Day, was finally awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on Tuesday after a decadeslong push for recognition. Woodson's widow ...
World War II medics faced a deadly shift when the Red Cross symbol stopped protecting them and started making them targets. This video explains how enemy soldiers began aiming at medics first to ...
HOUSTON — Law enforcement officials escorted the remains of a fallen World War II Army medic to their final resting place on Monday. Nicholas Hartman was 20 when he died on D-Day during World War II.