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Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was a 21-year-old Army medic assigned to the only African American combat unit to land in Normandy…
A 100-year-old World War II veteran is finally getting the recognition she deserves in her New Jersey hometown.
Lawrence Brooks, the oldest living World War II veteran in America, celebrated his 112th birthday in September.
The soldiers nicknamed The Harlem Hellfighters will finally receive national recognition after their contributions have gone ignored.
Henry Parham, a Black World War II veteran who served on D-Day with an all-Black combat unit, died of bladder…
Frank Levingston is 110-years-old and is the oldest living American veteran.
For World War II veteran Johnnie Hodges, Sr., being able to repurchase his home after having been evicted in July…
theGrio REPORT - An NPR investigation has uncovered a disturbing aspect of the secret chemical experiments conducted during World War…
theGRIO REPORT - The dreams of two women, one of whom was a real-life "Rosie the Riveter" during WWII, came…
theGRIO REPORT - When Allies hit the beaches of Normandy 70 years ago this week, there were black soldiers, but…
VIDEO - It's not unusual when two war veterans get together to chat about old times. But it is a…
theGRIO REPORT - Sgt. First Class Joseph Gantt's remains have been returned to his widow 63 years after he went…
theGRIO REPORT - Richard Overton was honored with a standing ovation and a box of cigars Thursday for being America’s…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — John Edward Allen, a New Mexico veteran who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War…
MIAMI (AP) - Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a memoir about his unusual childhood…
theGRIO REPORT - Fans of Quentin Tarantino's last two films, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained, should be excited about the…
theGRIO REPORT - America’s oldest Tuskegee airman has finally been honored seven decades after he fought in World War II...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of African-American veterans who helped to integrate the Marine Corps during World War II at a…