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A man wearing a Medal of Honor. - PEACE WE SEEK, PEACE WE KEEP: HERSHEL “WOODY” WILLIAMS graphic

Peace We Seek, Peace We Keep

March 5, 2020

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Medal of Honor recipient Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams, an infantry rifleman corporal with 3rd Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, Charlie Company during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, is having a United States naval ship commissioned in his honor on March 7, 2020 in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.