Waverly B. Woodson Jr. treated 200 wounded men — all while small arms and artillery fire pummeled the beach — before collapsing from his injuries and blood loss.

Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for treating 200 troops under enemy fire on D-Day.

Waverly B. Woodson Jr., a Black World War II combat medic, received the Distinguished Service Cross decades after his death.

Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II. Decades later, his family is receiving the Distinguished Service Cross

Waverly B. Woodson Jr.’s 95-year-old widow was presented Tuesday with the Distinguished Service Cross he was awarded posthumously for his extraordinary heroism.

A Black combat medic who treated 200 troops during the harrowing invasion of Normandy during World War II is being honored with the Army's second-highest award.

Waverly Woodson Jr. received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroic actions on D-Day that may have saved 200 lives. But the award came posthumously and only after years of fighting by his family for the honor.