[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 332 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 332

 Commemorating the christening of the USNS Hershel ``Woody'' Williams.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2017

   Mr. Manchin (for himself and Mrs. Capito) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commemorating the christening of the USNS Hershel ``Woody'' Williams.

Whereas Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hershel Woodrow ``Woody'' Williams of Fairmont, 
        West Virginia, served in the Marine Corps for 17 years;
Whereas Hershel Woodrow ``Woody'' Williams served valiantly as a demolition 
        sergeant with the 21st Marines, 3d Marine Division, against enemy 
        Japanese forces at the Battle of Iwo Jima;
Whereas on October 5, 1945, Hershel Woodrow ``Woody'' Williams received the 
        Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman for ``valiant devotion to 
        duty'' at Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945;
Whereas Hershel Woodrow ``Woody'' Williams is the sole surviving Marine veteran 
        of World War II to wear the Medal of Honor;
Whereas on January 14, 2016, during a ceremony in Charleston, West Virginia, 
        Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the Expeditionary Sea 
        Base Ship T-ESB 4--the second of its kind--would be named United States 
        Naval Ship (referred to in this preamble as ``USNS'') Hershel ``Woody'' 
        Williams;
Whereas on August 19, 2017, the United States Navy launched the USNS Hershel 
        ``Woody'' Williams; and
Whereas on October 21, 2017, the USNS Hershel ``Woody'' Williams was christened 
        in San Diego, California: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate commemorates the christening of the 
United States Naval Ship Hershel ``Woody'' Williams and its mission to 
support mine countermeasures, counter-piracy operations, maritime 
security, and humanitarian and crisis response operations.
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