[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5628-H5629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING CORPORAL DUANE EDGAR DEWEY

  (Mr. STEWART asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the heroic efforts of 
Corporal Duane Edgar Dewey of the United States Marine Corps. Corporal 
Dewey was with the First Marine Division and was awarded the Medal of 
Honor for conspicuous gallantry in action on April 16, 1952, near 
Panmunjom, Korea.
  While receiving medical attention for his own wounds after a fierce 
night attack by a numerically superior and aggressive enemy force, an 
enemy grenade landed close to the position of Corporal Dewey and his 
fellow soldiers. Disregarding his own safety and intense pain, Corporal 
Dewey pulled his corpsman to the ground, shouted a warning to other 
marines, and covered the grenade with his own body, absorbing the 
explosion and saving his comrades from possible injury or death.
  It is for his indomitable heroism and consummate devotion to duty 
that I am proud to honor and to remember the actions of Corporal Duane 
Edgar Dewey.

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