Charles Shay, D-Day veteran who saved lives on Omaha Beach as a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic, dies at 101

D-Day veteran Charles Shay was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded ...

Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101

As a medic, he saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach on D-Day before becoming a prisoner of war. Back home, a ...

Remembering Charles Shay, a World War II hero from Maine who saved lives on D-Day

Charles Shay, a Penobscot Nation member who was awarded the Silver Star and French Legion of Honor, died Wednesday at the age ...
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US Army Medical Readiness Command presents the Order of Military Medical Merit to WWII, Korea Veteran Charles Norman Shay in Bayeux, France

BAYEUX, France — Master Sgt. (Ret.) Charles Norman Shay, a highly decorated combat medic who served in both World War II and the Korean War, was formally inducted into the Order of Military Medical ...
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Black World War II medic given posthumous award for D-Day services

(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 ...