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March 2023 "U.S. Military Veterans News & More" Volume 1 Number 1
Hershel "Woody" Williams
Medal of Honor RECIPIENT
"He was one of 27 Marines and sailors to receive the Medal of Honor for their actions at Iwo Jima, where 7,000 members of the service died in the bloodiest battle in the history of the Marine Corps. He was one of 472 American service members to receive the medal for their service in World War II and was the last of them to survive.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Joe Rosenthal while employed by the Associated Press is a world famous picture of six U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. It was taken five days after the Marines landed on the island.
Hershel W. “Woody” Williams was a 21-year-old Marine Corps corporal when he watched from the red stained beaches of Iwo Jima as the American flag rose atop Mount Suribachi on
Friday, February 23, 1945
INFORMATION FOR STORY CREDITED: Michael E. Ruane, February 18, 2020 WASHINGTON P0ST.
Michael E. Ruane is a general assignment reporter who also covers Washington institutions and historical topics.
Michael E. Ruane is a general assignment reporter who also covers Washington institutions and historical topics.
1945 Receiving the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman
Mr. Williams is not only honored for storming the beach that day, he is also remembered for other acts of bravery, one for which he received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for valor. Armed with a flamethrower, he maneuvered for hours through unremitting enemy fire to take out seven pillboxes where the opposing armed forces had hunkered down to repel the U.S. invasion of the island.
Mr. Williams weighed 3½ pounds at birth and was not expected to live. His mother, Lurenna, named him Hershel for the local doctor who reached the farm three days later.
By the time he was born in 1923 several of his siblings had already died in the 1918-1919 flu pandemic. His father, Lloyd, died of a heart attack when Hershel was 11. |
Hershel "Woody" WilliamsA memorial service honoring the life and legacy of WWII Medal of Honor recipient Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams was held Sunday afternoon at the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston, W.Va. Mr. Williams ascended June 29, 2022 at a hospital in Huntington, W.Va. He was 98.
Sunday’s service comes after Williams spent the weekend lying in state in the West Virginia Capitol. People from all over traveled to honor and pray respect to an American hero for a life well lived. |
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