Now 101, Shay is one of a dwindling number of living D-Day vets. Over the years, he has been a fixture at annual remembrance ceremonies commemorating the June 6, 1944, Allied assault on the beaches of ...
(CNN) – A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. It’s the second highest military decoration that can be ...
BAYEUX, France — Master Sgt. (Ret.) Charles Norman Shay, a highly decorated combat medic who served in both World War II and ...