MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - It was a celebratory day at the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg Friday morning as the community gathered for a Medal of Honor unveiling ceremony.
Martinsburg VA Medical Center has just unveiled a 63-foot long wall to memorialize 45 individuals who went above and beyond for our country.
Guest of Honor was Hershel "Woody" Williams, the last living medal of honor recipient in West Virginia.
In a roomful of dozens of people, he said: "Most of them would say, I don't deserve this effort because I was only doing what I was trained by somebody else to do."
The Medal of Honor Wall was a way to celebrate the history and legacy of the 45 men who received the nation's highest honor with ties to West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The wall is the last to join the other VA Medical Centers in Huntington, Clarksburg and Beckley, West Virginia.
"Efforts that have been made in the past by so many not only by our medal of honor recipients but all of those who have served is something that I think Americans are proud of every day," said Senator Shelley Capito.
Army Veteran Brian Brewer along with his wife and two of his employees who helped create the Medal of Honor Wall. Brewer says he is honored to pay tribute to the recipients who went above and beyond for our country.
"I'm just glad everybody likes it," he said. "A lot of work went into it and we're just glad to do it."