Congress honors last WWII Medal of Honor recipient with ultimate salute

Congress honors last WWII Medal of Honor recipient with ultimate salute

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress gave its ultimate final salute Thursday to Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, a 5-foot-6 “force of nature’” in the battle of Iwo Jima and the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
Seventy-seven years after his wartime heroism, Williams, who died last month at age 98, lay in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, a tribute reserved for the nation’s most…

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