[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING COLONEL WALTER JOSEPH MARM, JR.

  (Mr. HOLDING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the heroic efforts of 
United States Army Colonel Walter Joseph Marm, Jr., of Fremont, North 
Carolina.
  Colonel Marm demonstrated indomitable courage and was awarded the 
Medal of Honor during a combat operation in Vietnam.
  As his company was moving to relieve a surrounded friendly unit, he 
realized that his platoon was receiving intense fire from a concealed 
machine gun. He deliberately exposed himself to draw its fire. Colonel 
Marm charged 30 meters across open ground and hurled grenades into the 
enemy position. Although severely wounded, Colonel Marm continued the 
momentum of his assault on the position, and he killed the remainder of 
the enemy, breaking the enemy assault.
  It is for his gallantry on the battlefield and his extraordinary 
bravery at the risk of his life that I am proud to honor and remember 
the actions of Colonel Walter Joseph Marm, Jr.

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