Woody Williams dies at 98 – the Last WWII Medal of Honor recipient
Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, a Marine Corps veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima who was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died June 29 at a hospital in Huntington, W.Va. He was 98. His death was announced by the Woody Williams Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves Gold Star military families, and by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The cause was not immediately available. Mr. Williams, who grew up on a West Virginia dairy farm, was a 21-year-old Marine... Читать дальше...