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This native of Quiet Dell (Marion County), while serving as a corporal with the 3rd Marine Corps, continually attacked Japanese machine gun batteries on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands with a flamethrower on 23 February 1945.
A bridge in Barboursville is named in his honor. Prior to his death in 2022, he was the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient.
For more information, see the e-WV entry on Hershel "Woody" Williams.
