Dave Shively
10-01-2007, 9:36 PM
It seem all I make lately are these large lasered plaques. Well not really but I do make quite a few of them. Anyway I made this one for a friend of mine for his 84th birthday who happens to be a Medal of Honor recipient. He received the medal for his heroic efforts on Iwo Jima 62 years ago (not won it like most people say, he earned it) and is highly sought after for his talks which
he makes across the country 60 to 70 times a year. The plaque tells a story with the three pictures. The bottom of the plaque is a quote from Hershel “Woody” Williams’s speech that he has made hundreds of times. nfortunately you probably can’t read it in the picture so I’ll include it here in the post. The top is made from alder which lasers pictures well. The bottom is walnut and is bordered by paduak. The dimensions are 29" x 41" and weighs 32 pounds. This is a surprise party/anniversary (64th wedding) this Oct 5th and it is appears to be a big event because the people putting it together have ask the national news media to be there. I’m on at 7:20 to present the plaque and give a short speech. I’ll probably flub it up. Hope you like it.
Dave
“On October 5th 1945, standing before the president of this United States, scared half to death, shaking like a leaf in a hurricane I became a role model. Did I want to be a role model, no! I’m a country boy, bashful and shy. But the moment President Harry S. Truman placed this ribbon and this medal around my neck, I became a role model! I represented more than myself. I represented thousands of Marines who never got to come home, to mow the lawn, and raise a family. I especially represented two Marines who on February 23rd 1945 gave their lives protecting mine. So when I wear this medal, I do not wear it for what I did, I wear it in honor of those two Marines that day, who gave their lives saving mine. I am just the caretaker of this medal, it really belongs to them.”
- HERSHEL “WOODY” WILLIAMS
USMC (RET)
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he makes across the country 60 to 70 times a year. The plaque tells a story with the three pictures. The bottom of the plaque is a quote from Hershel “Woody” Williams’s speech that he has made hundreds of times. nfortunately you probably can’t read it in the picture so I’ll include it here in the post. The top is made from alder which lasers pictures well. The bottom is walnut and is bordered by paduak. The dimensions are 29" x 41" and weighs 32 pounds. This is a surprise party/anniversary (64th wedding) this Oct 5th and it is appears to be a big event because the people putting it together have ask the national news media to be there. I’m on at 7:20 to present the plaque and give a short speech. I’ll probably flub it up. Hope you like it.
Dave
“On October 5th 1945, standing before the president of this United States, scared half to death, shaking like a leaf in a hurricane I became a role model. Did I want to be a role model, no! I’m a country boy, bashful and shy. But the moment President Harry S. Truman placed this ribbon and this medal around my neck, I became a role model! I represented more than myself. I represented thousands of Marines who never got to come home, to mow the lawn, and raise a family. I especially represented two Marines who on February 23rd 1945 gave their lives protecting mine. So when I wear this medal, I do not wear it for what I did, I wear it in honor of those two Marines that day, who gave their lives saving mine. I am just the caretaker of this medal, it really belongs to them.”
- HERSHEL “WOODY” WILLIAMS
USMC (RET)
http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL484/8647643/16030738/281197945.jpg