Marshall L. Williamson, Medic in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, at Home in West Virginia
Date:
ca.1943-1944
Description:
Marshall L. Williamson, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, assigned to the 57th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees), stands in his naval uniform at his home in West Virginia.
Marshall L. Williamson, Medic, U.S. Navy at Home in West Virginia
Date:
ca.1943-1944
Description:
Marshall L. Williamson, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, assigned to the 57th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees), stands in his naval uniform in a field at his home in West Virginia.
Corporal Hershel W. (Woody) Williams from Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Williams served in the Marines and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "actions above and beyond the call of duty" in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
C. E. Smith with Corporal Hershel W. Williams from Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
'Woody' Williams served in the Marines and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and actions above the call of duty in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
A large port and industrial center that includied u-boat pens and oil refineries was bombed throughout the war. An air attack in July 1942 created one of the largest firestorms of WW II, killing 42,600 civilians, wounding 37,000 and practically destroying the city.