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Sep. 15—To date, the Hershel Woody Williams Scholarship Foundation has awarded 142 scholarships totaling $124,000. Williams is the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient from West ...
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (October 2, 1923 – June 29, 2022) was a United States Marine Corps Reserve warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest decoration for valor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
Sep. 18—HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Giving back has been a post-war mission for Hershel "Woody" Williams, World War II Medal Of Honor recipient. True to his mission, an academic scholarship bearing ...
Williams was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at Iwo Jima Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams, last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WWII, dies at 98 Skip to main content
Hershel “Woody” Williams was the last living veteran of World War II who received the Medal of Honor. Now an effort to build a monument on the National Mall will be named after him.
USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB-4) (formerly USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams (T-ESB-4)) is a Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base (ESB), currently in service with the United States Navy. The ship is also a sub-variant of the Montford Point -class expeditionary transfer dock (ESD). [ 10 ]
USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB-7) will be a Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base for the United States Navy, and she is the first United States Navy vessel named after Marine Corps Private First Class Robert Ernest Simanek, who was awarded for the Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the Battle of Bunker Hill, August 1952, during the Korean War.
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams, who died last month at 98 as the last living WWII Medal of Honor recipient, lies in honor Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, where lawmakers ...