Williams, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer and the last living medal of honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday at 98 years old.
from World War II, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday."Woody Williams embodied the best of America: living a life of duty, honor and courage," Pelosi said. Schumer said:"Woody Williams was an American hero who embodied the best of our country and the greatest generation."
"I'd never heard of the Medal of Honor. I didn't know such a thing existed," Williams said, noting that he was"scared to death" when a general first summoned him to the meeting where he first learned of a mysterious order to report"back to Washington." "It's raised hundreds of thousands of dollars," Manchin said. He joked that"it's not going to be stopping, because Woody would come after me in a heartbeat."
Gen. David H. Berger, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, said at the memorial that Williams always took exception to the notion that he accomplished that feat alone. He always acknowledged the other men on his team, some of whom never returned home.
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