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一 | 08月26日讯 前NBA球员史蒂夫·弗朗西斯近日做客《Drink Champs》播客节目时谈到了他短暂效力于CBA的经历。

二 | 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.。“我去过中国,我在那儿住了3-4个月。那时候我就意识到,如果我必须像这样生活的话,那我还不如退役了。我就是受不了你每天吃的食物从你的身边经过,还有那些为你准备食物的人(指宰杀牲畜的工作人员)。这对我来说是一种文化冲击,想象一下,一辆卡车就在你旁边。你每天都能看到猪、鸡,所有那些东西。

三 | 对我来说看那些东西很难受。

四 | 我不觉得钱多到足以让我做出那样的牺牲。那绝对是困难的,我无法想象在那样的地方那样生活。

五 | ”弗朗西斯说道。对此,X上的网友们似乎并不买账,他们评论道:“这老兄在中国放弃了成百万上千万的钱,就因为他们在某些地方制作新鲜的食物?”“所以他宁愿他们在农场宰杀牲畜,然后再送到他面前是吧。”“老兄,即使他是我最喜欢的球员之一,但还是得了吧,你这也太TM软了,你在酒吧里什么都能往嘴里灌,但却不能接受他的食物从何而来的事实?老兄!!!”“老兄,那里简直是乡村小伙儿的天堂啊!”“新鲜食物?我才不要,给我那些加工过的垃圾!!”“他是不爱吃新鲜肉吗?”“来个人告诉这个老头,中国在过去20年已经发生了很大的变化。”“我宁愿吃那些新鲜的食物,也不愿意吃美国那些装在盒子里的狗屎。

六 | ”“他是吃不了新鲜食物吗?我真奇了怪了。”值得一提的是,弗朗西斯在2010年11月短暂加盟CBA北京队,仅代表球队打了4场常规赛,总共上场不到14分钟、得到2分和3个篮板。
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