page_title: Major Lloyd W. Williams
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Major Lloyd W. Williams / Awards
caption_attribution_description: Lloyd Williams served as a company commander of 51st Company, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines during the battle of Belleau Wood. He is credited with saying "Retreat? Hell, we just got here!" when advised to withdraw by a French officer at the defensive line just north of the village of Lucy-le-Bocage. He died on 12 June 1918 of wounds received while leading an assault. From the Lloyd W. Williams Collection (COLL/77) at the Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
context_page_description: Lloyd W. Williams was an officer in the United States Marine Corps who served and died in World War I.
context_section_description: Captain Williams was posthumously promoted to the rank of Major.
  Williams received three Silver Star citations and a Purple Heart.
  He was recommended for two other awards: (the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross) by his commanding officer, Colonel Wise, but neither was granted.
caption: Lloyd W. Williams c.1918
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