Illinois’ Rock Island Arsenal to dedicate Health Clinic to heroic WWII medic

U.S. Army officials will formally dedicate the U.S. Army Health Clinic at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, on Thursday, April 14 at 10 a.m. The clinic will be known as the Woodson Health Clinic, in honor of a World War II medic who served with First Army and saved countless lives during the Allied Invasion of Normandy.  Staff Sgt. Waverly B. Woodson, a Medal of Honor nominee, was assigned to the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the Army’s only African American unit to storm the beach on D-Day.  According to congressional records, at about 9:30 a.m. on June 6, 1944, Woodson was headed ashore aboard... Read More