Inspired me to share his story. While writing unknown valor i got to meet charles, a veteran who had fought alongside my uncle. In fact they were foxhole buddies. Charlie was with harry during the final weeks of his life. 75 years later, he still gets choked up thinking about the day that he was injured in a japanese mortar attack in my uncle asked a few feet from him was killed. Im forever grateful to my friend charlie for all the things he taught me that i never would have learned. In case you havent seen the fox nation documentary, heres part of our unforgettable conversation. When i return from iwo jima i got a call from a researcher friend. He asked for a picture of harry gray to show his friend charlie. We knew charlie was in the 34th replacement draft and had also been wounded on march 13th. They would use us where they needed us, so my job was picking up the dead, taking off the dog tags, carrying supplies to the frontline and stuff like that. But it wasnt until charlie actuall
Honor recipient. And im honored to welcome and senator capito, both of us are welcoming you which is woodys legacy still here. And thank you. But were going to respect his wishes and his wishes basically were all veterans and their families and to pay respects to the nations last living world war ii medal of honor recipient. Its been 77 years since Woody Williams quieted those machine guns on the sands of iwo jima. While hes now sadly gone, the ie zeals i lived by are not. The love of his family, faith, and friends and service to country above all. George wattton patton once said its foolish to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank god that such men lived. He lived every day as if he were give given a Second Chance and we are you a all so much better for t. Boy, did woody live for a long time. His grandson casey passed along his recipe for a long life. I hope i got all this right. He would say when asked, its brags, Apple Cider Vinegar and it has to have the mother and you kno
Mr. Manchin mr. President , i rise today to speak on a life and legacy of my dear friend, the last surviving world war ii medal of honor recipient, West Virginian, and one of the last greatest generation Woody Williams of West Virginia. Before i begin today, i want to recognize members of woodys family who is here today with us in the gallery, recognizing all of them. I want to say thank you. Thank you for being here and thank you for sharing woody all those years with me and shellie and all of our West Virginians. Were here to respect his wishes honoring all veterans and their families and to pay respects to our nations last living world war ii medal of honor recipient. And to the family, i want to say this. Youre the legacy he was most proud of, all of you. And im honored to welcome and senator capito, both of us are welcoming you which is woodys legacy still here. And thank you. But were going to respect his wishes and his wishes basically were all veterans and their families and to
Speaker pelosi today, we had this can the today, we had the great honor in the u. S. Capitol to honor woody williams, the last surviving medal of honor recipient from world war ii, our link to the greatest generation. Many who were present were members of our military. It was very exciting. This man was 56, 135 pounds, and yet he fought and fought and fought, and took out six enemy installations and won the medal of honor. The singlehandedly destroyed enemy positions. Admiral nimitz praised his extraordinary heroism by saying uncommon valor was a common virtue at iwo jima. That is when he did this, he was a marine at iwo jima. If you have a moment, you might want to go pay your respects to him. He is lying in state under the dome of the capitol, under the flag for which he fought so valiantly. So this has been a very good week for our veterans. Not only are we honoring our veterans and honoring woody, we are honoring all of our veterans. He wanted at that way. But also, we passed the p
Next, House Speaker nancy pelosi holds her weekly brief laying on capitol hill. She criticized republicans who voted against an active shooter alert, talks about roe v. Wade and a potential 2024 president ial bid from former president trump, fuel prices, and the war in ukraine. This runs 25 minutes. Speaker pelosi today we had a great honor in the u. S. Capital to honor woody williams, the last surviving medal of honor recipient from world war ii, our link to the greatest generation. Many who were present were members of our military. It was very exciting. This man was 56, 135 pounds, and yet he fought and fought and fought, took on six enemy installations and won the medal of honor. And singlehandedly destroyed enemy positions. An admiral praised his heroism by saying uncommon valor was a common virtue at iwo jima. If you have a moment, you might want to go pay your respects to him. He is lying in state in the capital. So this has been a very good week for our veterans. Not only are w