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Master Sgt. Matthew Williams: Operation Commando Wrath
Posted In: Video Library | March 19, 2021
Then an Army sergeant, Matthew Williams served as a weapons sergeant with Operational Detachment Alpha 3336, Special Operations Task Force 11, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan. On April 6, 2008, the detachment was on a mission in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province to capture or kill high-value insurgent targets. Now an Army master sergeant, Williams received the Medal of Honor at the White House on Oct. 30, 2019. Video by Matthew Hilborn for Defense.gov. 10/24/2019
For more information, see: https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/matthew-o-williams