{"id":1538162,"date":"2022-07-04T08:06:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T12:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538162"},"modified":"2022-07-04T08:06:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T12:06:37","slug":"last-wwii-medal-of-honor-recipient-hershel-williams-to-lie-in-honor-at-u-s-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/last-wwii-medal-of-honor-recipient-hershel-williams-to-lie-in-honor-at-u-s-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Last WWII Medal of Honor Recipient Hershel Williams to Lie in Honor at U.S. Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flast-wwii-medal-of-honor-recipient-hershel-williams-to-lie-in-honor-at-u-s-capitol%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams, the <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/06\/hershel-woody-williams-last-living-wwii-medal-of-honor-recipient-dies-at-98\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II who died<\/a> on Wednesday at age 98, will lie in honor at the United States Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced on Sunday that Williams, a West Virginia native, would be honored at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoody Williams was far more than just a hero; he was the greatest of the greatest generation, and a model for future generations. Thank you, @WoodyWilliams45, for your friendship and your lifetime of service to Veterans and Gold Star Families,\u201d Manchin tweeted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of Woody\u2019s last wishes was to lie in state at the US Capitol to represent all WWII Medal of Honor recipients. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenCapito?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenCapito<\/a> &#038; I are proud to announce that the last of the Greatest Generation, Woody Williams of Quiet Dell, will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol in the coming weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fKIhfcVIzd\">pic.twitter.com\/fKIhfcVIzd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sen_JoeManchin\/status\/1543694055988764673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOne of Woody\u2019s last wishes was to lie in state at the US Capitol to represent all WWII Medal of Honor recipients,\u201d he continued. \u201c@SenCapito &#038; I are proud to announce that the last of the Greatest Generation, Woody Williams of Quiet Dell, will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1923, Williams enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1943. He served in New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Guam, and during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, where his heroic efforts were recognized with the nation\u2019s highest honor. President Truman awarded him the Medal of Honor months later on Oct. 5, 1945.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis unyielding determination and extraordinary heroism in the face of ruthless enemy resistance were directly instrumental in neutralizing one of the most fanatically defended Japanese strong points encountered by his regiment and aided vitally in enabling his company to reach its objective,\u201d Williams\u2019 Medal of Honor citation said of his heroic efforts.<\/p>\n<p>During a memorial service on Sunday, Manchin praised Williams for his life-long service and remembered the WWII hero as one who \u201cnever quit giving back,\u201d The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/wwii-medal-of-honor-recipient-to-lie-in-state-at-us-capitol\/ar-AAZ9Bjm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. Williams\u2019 charity organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/woodywilliams.org\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Woody Williams Foundation<\/a>, was established to honor and support Gold Star Families.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin also said that he will miss phone calls with Williams, who wasn\u2019t afraid to give the senator advice on matters of public policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll miss him telling me how I\u2019m supposed to vote. And when I didn\u2019t, how I made a mistake,\u201d Manchin said.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice posted video from the memorial service on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease join me in watching today\u2019s State Memorial Service in honor of the distinguished life of Herschel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams \u2014 West Virginia native and America\u2019s last World War II Medal of Honor recipient. WATCH,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please join me in watching today&#8217;s State Memorial Service in honor of the distinguished life of Herschel &#8220;Woody&#8221; Williams \u2014 West Virginia native and America&#8217;s last World War II Medal of Honor recipient.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH \u2b07\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DGKeVYd8hy\">https:\/\/t.co\/DGKeVYd8hy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Jim Justice (@WVGovernor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WVGovernor\/status\/1543684865127813125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The AP reported while Manchin said Williams would lie in state at the Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he would lie in honor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoc.gov\/what-we-do\/programs-ceremonies\/lying-in-state-honor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to<\/a> the Architect of the Capitol, government officials and military officers lie in state, whereas private citizens lie in honor.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams, the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II who died on Wednesday at age 98, will lie in honor at the United States Capitol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1538247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1538162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1538162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1538247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1538162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1538162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}