Luther Herschel Story Rank: Private First Class (posthumous promotion to corporal) Organization: US Army Conflict: Korean War Unit: A Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Date of Action: September 1, 1950,
he National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation today applauded the introduction in the U.S. Congress of the “Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams National Medal of Honor Monument
To mark the 160th anniversary of the first awarding of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest recognition for valor in combat, the National Medal
Through education, leadership, and inspiring spaces for learning and reflection, the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation preserves and expands the impact of the 3,515 award recipients and the more than 40 million Americans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the Civil War.