Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jack Williams
March 02, 2026
March 02, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news:
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Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jack Williams
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As a hospital corpsman in World War II's Pacific theater, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jack Williams' job was to save the lives of the Marines who fought around him. During the bloody Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, Williams saved more than a dozen Marines and sacrificed his own life so the . . .
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Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jack Williams
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As a hospital corpsman in World War II's Pacific theater, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jack Williams' job was to save the lives of the Marines who fought around him. During the bloody Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, Williams saved more than a dozen Marines and sacrificed his own life so the . . .
