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A | Sophie 编译上周末，两名罪犯袭击了奥克兰Greenlane的一家酒铺，用斧头砍一名店员，然后抢走了香烟和现金。

B | 两分钟的监控录像显示，星期六上午11点左右，一辆汽车停在Great South Rd的Super Liquor酒铺门前，两名蒙面罪犯持械冲进商店。 Advertise with us 其中一人回到车旁，拿出了一个超市的筐子。两分钟后，这两人抱着装了东西的筐子跑回车里，逃走了。 WASHINGTON -- An African American combat medic who was wounded while landing on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion but went on to tend to dozens of troops will be posthumously honored Wednesday in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. His family and supporters continue to push for an even higher recognition they believe his heroism is owed.Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was a 21-year-old Army medic assigned to the only African American combat unit to land in Normandy on June 6, 1944. His landing craft took heavy fire and he was wounded before even getting to the beach, but for the next 30 hours he treated 200 wounded men while under intense small arms and artillery fire before collapsing from his injuries and blood loss, according to accounts of his service.Woodson, who was born in Philadelphia and lived in Maryland with his wife, died in 2005. He spoke to The Associated Press in 1994 about his harrowing journey.“The tide brought us in, and that’s when the 88s hit us,” he said of the German 88mm guns. “They were murder. Of our 26 Navy personnel there was only one left. They raked the whole top of the ship and killed all the crew. Then they started with the mortar shells.”He survived and was awarded the Bronze Star, but by the time the award was finalized he was in Hawaii preparing for the invasion of Japan so there was little in the way of ceremony. And he was never awarded a Combat Medic Badge, which denotes that a medic has been in combat. To rectify that wrong, his former unit applied for Woodson to receive the badge and it was approved in August.His widow, Joann, and his son, Steve, will be presented with both honors during the ceremony at Arlington, where Woodson is buried.“He truly was a hero on Omaha Beach," said Capt. Kevin Braafladt, the historian for First Army. Woodson's unit, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, was part of First Army during the invasion of Nazi-occupied France. The battalion was responsible for setting up explosive-rigged balloons to deter enemy planes.At a time when the U.S. military was still segregated by race, about 2,000 African American troops are believed to have taken part in the invasion. The balloon battalion was the only African American combat unit.Woodson's supporters have been pushing for years to see him awarded the Medal of Honor for his exploits during the invasion that was key to turning the tide in the war. Although 1.2 million Black Americans served in the military during World War II, none was among the original recipients of the Medal of Honor awarded in the conflict. The Army commissioned a study in the early 1990s to analyze whether Black troops had been unjustly overlooked during an era of widespread racism and segregation in the military. Ultimately, seven Black World War II troops were awarded the Medal of Honor in 1997.At the time, Woodson's case was part of the study and the authors interviewed him. But, they wrote, his decoration case file couldn't be found and his personnel records destroyed in a 1973 fire at a military records facility. Braafladt said the U.S. military made a conscious effort to reduce paperwork after the war, and that the fire at a military records facility in Missouri also destroyed countless documents.His supporters aren't giving up. First Army and Braafladt have been on a mission to document Woodson's actions on D-Day in hopes of getting the Medal of Honor for him. Braafladt is convinced — “100%” — that Woodson was recommended at the time of the war for the Medal of Honor.One of the pieces of information pointing to that conclusion is a memo talking about how Woodson had been recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross but a top general decided the recommendation should be for the Medal of Honor instead.Braafladt first heard about Woodson's case around 2020 and has been obsessively searching for documents that will help make Woodson's case. He has not yet found the Medal of Honor recommendation letter, but along the way he has found documents he thinks buttress the case. Just last week he received the text describing Woodson's Bronze Star citation.“I’m one document away from getting an answer here and righting a wrong.” he said.U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, where Woodson's widow now lives, has also been pushing since 2015 to have Woodson honored with the Medal of Honor, and has introduced legislation to that effect in Congress.Woodson's son said in a telephone interview that his father rarely talked about World War II until late in his life and then only in bits and pieces. The family would like to see him honored with the Medal of Honor not only to shine a spotlight on his heroism but to highlight the efforts of Woodson's unit and all Black troops. Steve Woodson said he'd be disappointed if his father does not get the Medal of Honor, but he's also grateful for all the recognition and honors that have come so far. “If he gets it, that’s fabulous. If he doesn’t, we will just continue to put his legacy forward,” he said.。在此期间，附近店里的一名员工拿着扫帚试图阻止罪犯，但被用斧子恐吓。

C | 一辆警车停在了路边，几名警察下了车，但没能阻止罪犯开车逃走。警方在给英文《先驱报》的一份声明中证实了抢劫案的细节：“两名男子丢下了一部手机和一把斧头，很快就被抓获了。” 警方发言人说：“这两名男子带着武器进入了Great South Rd的Super Liquor酒铺，袭击了店员，店员在被重伤前成功逃脱。” “这两名罪犯抢走了一些东西，然后开着一辆被盗车辆逃离，不久之后这辆车就被找到了。” 对抢劫案的调查仍在继续。一名员工告诉英文《先驱报》：“（另一名店员）坐在柜台后面，他们跳过柜台开始打他，幸运的是他从商店后面逃出去了。

D | ” “他很幸运逃了出去，否则他们会继续打他。他们用斧头砍了他的手，他的手被割伤，幸好伤口不太深，不需要缝针。” “他的背部也受了伤，那里也有些痛。” 他说，罪犯砸坏了香烟柜和收银机。他们偷走了200到300纽币的现金。相关阅读：深夜开着偷来的汽车高速逃逸，五名奥克兰青少年被拘留奥克兰昂贵自行车被盗，提供监控照片及GPS数据后警方拒绝调查奥克兰一购物中心内珠宝店被暴力打劫，一名20岁男子逃离现场后被逮捕奥克兰夜间发生暴力入室抢劫案，4名持枪罪犯逃窜100公里后在北地被捕太猖獗！四名劫匪持斧头抢劫奥克兰加油站，员工差点爆头而亡四名蒙面罪犯手持锤子袭击奥克兰加油站店员，行业组织恳求政府紧急行动奥克兰高峰时段发生激烈追逐：逃逸车辆逆行险象环生，两人被捕奥克兰北岸大超市清晨被抢：警方出动直升机和警犬队追捕，4人被拘 700棵蓝莓树被偷摘，价值5万纽币的青铜雕塑被破坏奥克兰发生激烈群殴事件，武装警察包围了一栋房屋，一男子被捕一名男子遭恶性袭击，被抛下码头并按在水下，警方急寻目击者奥克兰新年夜枪杀案：两人中枪一人身亡，凶杀案调查已展开奥克兰Avondale发生大火，80名消防员和21辆消防车参与灭火注：本文为编译/原创，欢迎转发分享；但严禁复制等未经授权的非法使用。违反上述声明者，本网将追究其相关法律责任。使用授权请联系[email protected]。

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