Hershel 'Woody' Williams was the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. He died last week at the age of 98.
Hershel W. 'Woody' Williams speaks at the WWII Pacific Theatre Exhibit Opening at the National World War II Museum on December 11, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hershel W. "Woody" Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.embodied the best of America: living a life of duty, honor and courage," Pelosi said.
"It’s raised hundreds of thousands of dollars," Manchin said. He joked that "it’s not going to be stopping, because Woody would come after me in a heartbeat." Gen. David H. Berger, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, said at the memorial that Williams always took exception to the notion that he accomplished that feat alone. He always acknowledged the other men on his team, some of whom never returned home.
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