Woody Williams, 94, the only living Marine Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, gets ready to assist with the coin toss, before the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game between the Philadelphia ...

H ershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams was born on October 2, 1923, in Quiet Dell, West Virginia—a name that sounds like a place where nothing ever happens. But fate would have big plans for the ...

Hershel "Woody" Williams is literally one-of-a-kind. At the age of 97 he is the last living recipient of the Medal of Honor from World War II. But it's the way he's lived all those years since ...

Hershel "Woody" Williams, 98, passed away while surrounded by his family on Wednesday. He was America's last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.

Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams stood 5 feet, 6 inches tall, maybe, and the first time he tried to join up in 1942, the recruiter told him he was too short to be a Marine.. Could be that the Army ...

Woody Williams, the last surviving WWII Medal of Honor recipient, died Wednesday. Marine Corps Sgt. Jason Kolela. As all of the men in Williams’ company perished, he kept pushing forward — at ...

FILE - Hershel "Woody" Williams, center, the sole surviving U.S. Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II, poses with fellow Marines at the Charles E. Shelton Freedom Memorial ...

Desert Storm is an interesting chapter of U.S. military history that doesn't get a lot of attention.On the Price of Freedom, ...

Jul. 14—WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hershel "Woody" Williams had a send off befitting a true American hero. Williams, who was the last living World War Two Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, was ...

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 ...