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




                     HONORING MAJOR DREW DENNIS DIX

  (Mr. TIPTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the heroic efforts of 
Major Drew Dennis Dix of the United States Army who hails from the 
hometown of heroes, Pueblo, Colorado. Major Dix was a military adviser 
for the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and was awarded the Medal of 
Honor for conspicuous gallantry in action on January 31, 1968.
  Major Dix led a force to rescue trapped civilians from a city. When 
the rescue team entered the city, they were greeted with intense 
automatic rifle fire and machine gun fire from the Vietcong. Major Dix 
personally engaged and killed six Vietcong in a building where two 
civilians were trapped. The following day, Dix assembled a 20-man force 
to clear the Vietcong out of the city. The group captured 20 and 
attacked several who had entered the residence of the deputy province 
chief, successfully rescuing the official's wife and children.
  It is for this indomitable heroism and supreme bravery that I am 
proud to honor and remember the actions of Major Drew Dennis Dix.

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