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Woody Williams has been a friend of mine since I returned from Vietnam in 1968. Over the course of several hours, he singlehandedly knocked out a bunch of Japanese machine gun concrete pill boxes that had our Iwo Jima landing force pinned down.

www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3e955886-cc5a-485d-ab7a-4c22e6c9f35b

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Proud as punch Oct 20, 2015 23:58:54 GMT

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Oct 20, 2015 20:46:46 GMT FLORIDA HERD FAN said:

Woody Williams has been a friend of mine since I returned from Vietnam in 1968. Over the course of several hours, he singlehandedly knocked out a bunch of Japanese machine gun concrete pill boxes that had our Iwo Jima landing force pinned down.

www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3e955886-cc5a-485d-ab7a-4c22e6c9f35b

I may have gone to public schools, but huh?

hoya New Member Posts: 32	Proud as punch Oct 21, 2015 0:44:54 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hoya on Oct 21, 2015 0:44:54 GMT Oh, and congrats to your friend. I'm just confuzzled.

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Proud as punch Oct 21, 2015 1:26:00 GMT

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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Oct 21, 2015 1:26:00 GMT

Lol. I might be an old goat, but Woody is a generation older than me.

I served a single comparatively undistinguished year in Vietnam.

Woody represented the greatest generation in WWII, and served with "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty". He wiped out all 7 of the Japanese machine gun pill boxes that had our landing force pinned down on the beach.

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For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as demolition sergeant serving with the 21st Marines, 3d Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 23 February 1945. Quick to volunteer his services when our tanks were maneuvering vainly to open a lane for the infantry through the network of reinforced concrete pillboxes, buried mines, and black volcanic sands, Cpl. Williams daringly went forward alone to attempt the reduction of devastating machinegun fire from the unyielding positions. Covered only by 4 riflemen, he fought desperately for 4 hours under terrific enemy small-arms fire and repeatedly returned to his own lines to prepare demolition charges and obtain serviced flamethrowers, struggling back, frequently to the rear of hostile emplacements, to wipe out 1 position after another. On 1 occasion, he daringly mounted a pillbox to insert the nozzle of his flamethrower through the air vent, killing the occupants and silencing the gun; on another he grimly charged enemy riflemen who attempted to stop him with bayonets and destroyed them with a burst of flame from his weapon. His 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. Cpl. Williams' aggressive fighting spirit and valiant devotion to duty throughout this fiercely contested action sustain and enhance the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.

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