Medal of Honor

Session Ends With Woody Williams Statue Resolution Stuck In House

The Senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 30 unanimously in February. It would have placed a statue of Hershel “Woody” Williams in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.

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Resolution Would Place Statue Of Woody Williams In U.S. Capitol

The Senate Finance Committee approved a resolution Wednesday that will place a statue of Woody Williams in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.

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Groundbreaking Held For Charles Calvin Rogers Veterans Nursing Facility

Rogers, who died in 1990, served in the Vietnam War and was honored for his acts of heroism while wounded near the Cambodian border during Operation Toan Thang II on Nov. 1 1968. 

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W.Va. Senators Honor Woody Williams From Floor Of U.S. Senate

West Virginia’s last World War II Medal of Honor recipient, Woody Williams, will lie in honor on Thursday in the U.S. Capitol. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito paid tribute to Williams Wednesday evening from the floor of the U.S. Senate.

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