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Defense Department Photo (Marine Corps) No. 403253.

1. United States Marines Traveling Exhibit in Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 010043
Title:: United States Marines Traveling Exhibit in Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: 1956
Description:: Defense Department Photo (Marine Corps) No. 403253.

Williams served in the Marines and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "actions above and beyond the call of duty" in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.

2. Corporal Hershel W. (Woody) Williams from Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:: 030334
Title:: Corporal Hershel W. (Woody) Williams from Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1945
Description:: Williams served in the Marines and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "actions above and beyond the call of duty" in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.

'Woody' Williams served in the Marines and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and actions above the call of duty in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.

3. C. E. Smith with Corporal Hershel W. Williams from Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:: 030618
Title:: C. E. Smith with Corporal Hershel W. Williams from Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1945
Description:: 'Woody' Williams served in the Marines and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and actions above the call of duty in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.

McIlwain was part of the 7th Division Marine Detachment and a crew member on the U.S.S. West Virginia.

4. PFC Russell L. McIlwain, Long Beach, Ca.

IDNO:: 051918
Title:: PFC Russell L. McIlwain, Long Beach, Ca.
Date:: 1936
Description:: McIlwain was part of the 7th Division Marine Detachment and a crew member on the U.S.S. West Virginia.

Kneeling in the front row, from left to right, is PFC Meihold; Private Grewohl; PFC Dunning; and Private Hayes.Standing in the back, from left to right, is Corporal Pop Winn Coxswain; PFC Rottier; Private Hill; CPL Marquez; Private Davis; Private McIntyre; PFC Shumacher; and 1st Lieutenant Davis.

5. U.S.S. West Virginia Marine Whale Boat Crew

IDNO:: 051931
Title:: U.S.S. West Virginia Marine Whale Boat Crew
Date:: 1936
Description:: Kneeling in the front row, from left to right, is PFC Meihold; Private Grewohl; PFC Dunning; and Private Hayes.Standing in the back, from left to right, is Corporal Pop Winn Coxswain; PFC Rottier; Private Hill; CPL Marquez; Private Davis; Private McIntyre; PFC Shumacher; and 1st Lieutenant Davis.