[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 187 (Wednesday, November 15, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7265]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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   SENATE RESOLUTION 332--COMMEMORATING THE CHRISTENING OF THE USNS 
                       HERSHEL ``WOODY'' WILLIAMS

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

                              S. Res. 332

       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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