Joann Woodson stands near a portrait of her husband U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Waverly Woodson Jr., prior to a ceremony to posthumously award the Distinguished Service Cross to him, a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)