No history of World War II can compare with the tales of U.S. Army Private Ozzie Fletcher. The native New Yorker, now 97, recounts a historic journey that began in the old Whitehall St. Induction C… ...

In fact, by nightfall on D-Day, nearly 2,000 African-American troops had landed on Omaha and Utah Beaches. Get your history fix in one place: sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter.

D-Day: Eisenhower and the paratroopers' key to success 05:40. Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II ...

Remember D-Day's African-American Soldiers on Veterans Day More than 1 million African-Americans fought for freedom and democracy abroad, while at home they were mistreated in an Army segregated ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) – While portrayals of D-Day often depict an all-white host of invaders, it also included many African Americans, including a corporal from Philadelphia. Waverly Woodson Jr ...

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 ...

Official histories of D-Day have long excluded the contributions made by African Americans. Literature professor Alice Mills waded into the past to uncover these forgotten World War II heroes.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...