Hershel “Woody“ Williams recalls Iwo Jima, the Medal of Honor and working with former POWs

Herschel “Woody” Williams does not remember most of the Battle of Iwo Jima. After he took out the first pillbox, he does not remember how he returned to his station five more times over a period of four hours to retrieve serviced flamethrowers and continued to take out pillbox after pillbox. For those actions, Williams would be awarded the Medal of Honor. Read more at