World War II Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams On Feb. 23, 1945, then-Corporal Hershel "Woody" Williams, a Marine Demolition Operator, confronted a series of camouflaged, reinforced concrete pill boxes lining the outskirts of an airfield that U.S. Marines were trying to take on Iwo Jima.
Medal of Honor Action Place: Wake Island Citation For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while attached to Marine Fighting Squadron 211, during action against enemy Japanese land, surface and aerial units at Wake Island, 8-23 December 1941.
Thomas Weldon Fowler (October 31, 1921 – June 3, 1944) was a student of the Texas A&M University, a United States Army officer, and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in World War II . Fowler joined the Army from his birth city of Wichita Falls, Texas in January 1943, [2] and by May 23
Conflict/Era: World War II. Unit/Command: Company F, 2d Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: June 14 - September 3, 1944. Medal of Honor Action Place: France & Belgium. Citation. Lt. Col. (then Capt.) Matt Urban, 112-22-2414, United States Army, who
Medal of Honor Action Place: Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands Citation For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as leader of a section of six fighter planes in Marine Fighting Squadron 112, during aerial operations against enemy Japanese forces off Kolombangara Island in the Solomon
U.S. Army Private First Class Silvestre Santana Herrera was presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II.
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