Visitor… USS Hershel 'Woody’ Williams visits the port of Walvis Bay for joint naval exercises with the Namibian Defence Force. The HWW is the first US Navy vessel permanently assigned to the US Africa Command area of responsibility. During the three-day visit, the HWW and the Namibian Defence Force will conduct three joint exercises. | New Era Newspaper

Flight Deck Operations • Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB-4)

#OTD in 1945, Cpl. Hershel “Woody” Williams earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima while serving with 3rd Marine Division. Williams, 98, is the only surviving Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. In 2020, the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4) ,a Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base, was commissioned in his honor. #SemperFi #USMCHistory #MedalOfHonor #MarinesOfTheCorps | U.S. Marine Corps