That is it, the greatest of the Greatest Generation is gone forever. Hershel (Woody) Williams, 98, was the last of the 473 American service members who received a Medal of Honor in WWII. Williams received the medal for his heroism on Iwo Jima. R.I.P. Marine.
Woody Williams, America's last World War II Medal of Honor recipient, dies
Hershel W. Williams
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