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Sunday Night in America With Trey Gowdy

nation, in a lot of ways, a band of mercenaries that developed into the world's greatest military power. as a beacon of light and liberty. i really do believe that those things are still true. and one of the things that i reflect on, this week, is the life of woody williams, i was honored to call a friend, we lost him this week, the oldest living world war ii medal of honor winner for battle of iwo jima. i got to know him, a little over the course of his life. wood i was five-foot-two. when he signed up after pearl harbor, they told him he was too short, he went back and they lowered the height requirement, because they were needing more people to go to the fight, wood i went to iwo

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president biden saying, "it has been my great honor to preside as a judge and effort to maintain our constitution and the rule of law." he'll be replaced by his former law clerk, judge ketanji brown jackson. jackson will make history as the court's first black female justice. in a salute this morning to the last surviving medal of honor recipient from world war ii, who died wednesday at 98 at the va center bearing his own name in west virginia. marine corporal herschel "woody" williams earned the military's highest decoration for his bravery under fire in the battle of iwo jima. williams was awarded the medal by president harry truman after using a flamethrower and explosives to clear seven concrete bunkers known as pillboxes while under heavy machine gun fire in february of 1945. he kept pushing forward after all the men in his company lay down their lives. listen to what woody had to say

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rachel hart, and ellie mother hit by a car with her baby last year, joined us early with this take. >> it's going to continue to happen. the guy that hit me and my child was on probation at the time. how it not been for gascon soft-on-crime policies, this guy would be behind bars right now. everyone is being impacted by this and it's hard to wrap around the fact that one person can be responsible for so much disaster. >> carley: 37 los angeles cities have issued a vote of no confidence and the recall effort against him is set for next week. >> joey: and a solemn salute this morning to the last surviving medal of honor recipient from world war ii, who died wednesday at 98 at the va center bearing his name in west virginia. marine corporal herschel "woody" williams earned the highest decoration for his bravery under fire in the battle of iwo jima. he was awarded the medal by

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protecting our vulnerable populations, he was correct in terms of distribution of monoclonal antibodies. what he's done is stand up for freedom. >> governor desantis maintains he is focused on his 2022 race for reelection in florida, and a salute this morning to the last surviving medal of honor recipient from world war ii who died wednesday at 98 years old at a d.a. center bearing his name in west virginia. marine corporal herschel "woody" williams earned the highest decoration for his bravery in the battle of iwo jima after using a flame thrower and explosives to clear several concrete bunkers while under heavy machine gun fire in february of 1945. listen to what woody had to say to pete hegseth back in 2018 about that day. >> we had a great cause. our freedom is at stake. so we had that great cause to save our freedom and our country. so i was certainly inspired by

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Hallie Jackson Reports

recognizing his passing today. so you mentioned that during this battle of iwo jima it was day four. marines had just raised the flag over mount sirabachi, one of the most famous moments in the history of the united states marine corps. he was there, and he was pinned down with some of his fellow marines. the japanese were in these fortified bunkers that the marines called pill boxes and they were taking machine gun fire from these pill boxes. woody's senior commanding officer looked at him and said what can we do? is there anything that you can do using your flame thrower to stop this and woody looked back at him and said i'll try. so he got a flame thrower and over the course of the next four hours he was able to take out a number of these enemy pill boxes or fortified bunkers essentially. at one point even climbing on top of one of them, sticking the flame thrower in an air vent and firing inside, stopping the japanese enemy troops who were

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of world war ii america's last living medal of honor recipient from that war has passed away. his name herschel "woody" williams. he was known as one of the most famous marines in u.s. history for his extraordinary bravery in the battle of iwo jima putting himself in the line of enemy fire to clear the way for american troops to advance. he was awarded the medal of honor because of his actions on that day. herschel williams was 98 years old. joining me now is nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube. what more can you tell us about the life of herschel williams and the significance of his passing? >> so woody, as he was known, he was really revered among the marine corps. young men and women marines all know his name and they are

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ABC World News Tonight With David Muir

was i--i wanted to make sure and live for my kid. plain and simple. finally tonight here, america strong. we learned today america's last living medal of honor recipient from world war ii has now died. he was an american hero. tonight, a grateful nation paying tribute to an american hero. marine corporal herschel woody williams, the country's last living medal of honor recipient from world war ii, has now died. born in west virginia, he was the son of dairy farmers. just 21 when he fought in the battle of iwo jima. on the same day that flag was raised, corporal williams used six flame flowers to take on

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bombed. your citizens have been executed. your children have been traumatized. but ukraine has done a magnificent job defending its sovereignty against russia's unprovoked invasion and ukraine's valor and skill will go down in military history. the battle of iwo jima took 36 days. battle of the bulge lasted 40 days. and ukraine has now beaten back the russian military for 62 days. and so your resistance has brought inspiration to the free world. and even greater resolve to nato. and glory to ukraine. we provided our assistance at record speak. and the whole world can see the difference that is making on the battlefield. putin never imagined that the world would rally behind ukraine

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nations sent rsvps yes and sent defense ministers here. we heard remarks from lloyd austin here is what he said. >> the battle of iwo jima took 36 days. the battle of the bulge 40 days. ukraine has beaten back the russian military for 62 days. so, your resistance has brought inspiration to the free world. >> what's notable is that the ukraine definition minister who was at that meeting in kyiv with president zelenskyy and the u.s. officials just two days ago, he is here inside the conference with a delegation. he is going to be explaining, giving a battlefield assessment. general mark milley is inside. he will also give his assessment of how the battle is going. all of this happening at a time when russia is continuing to make threats. russia, as you mentioned, has said that the u.s. needs to stop

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security assistance to the ukraine government to change the course of the war and to push back against russian aggression. here's the secretary of defense just moments ago. >> the battle of iwo jima took 36 days. the battle of the bulge lasted 40 days and ukraine has now beaten back the russian military for 62 days. and so, your resistance has brought inspiration to the free world. >> what's notable about the group inside is that in the last 24 hours alone, about 10 different countries signed up to attend the conference. rsvping after seeing defense secretary austin and secretary of state blinken in kyiv meeting with president zelenskyy that seemed to motivate some countries that may have been on the fence before about providing lethal aid. non-nato countries inside who don't want to be identified. they are all here for one purpose, to provide more military security aid to

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