The USNS Hershel
“Woody” Williams.
Honored for Service
In 1979, after 20 years in the Marine Corps and the Marine
Corps Reserve and 33 years as a veterans’ service representative
for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Williams retired. He
then turned his attention to honoring vets by asking govern-
ment officials to name bridges and highways after them so
they would not be forgotten.
Throughout his life, he garnered a variety of hono