[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            HONORING SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS PETER C. LEMON

  (Mr. LAMBORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the valiant efforts 
of Specialist Fourth Class Peter C. Lemon of the United States Army.
  Specialist Fourth Class Peter C. Lemon was awarded the Medal of Honor 
for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty in action 
against the enemy in Vietnam.
  When the base came under heavy enemy attack, Sergeant Lemon engaged a 
numerically superior enemy with machine gun and rifle fire from his 
defensive position until both weapons malfunctioned. He then used hand 
grenades to fend off the intensified enemy attack launched in his 
direction. After eliminating all but one of the enemy soldiers in the 
immediate vicinity, he pursued and disposed of the remaining soldier in 
hand-to-hand combat. Lemon carried a more seriously wounded comrade to 
an aid station, and as he returned, was wounded a second time by enemy 
fire. Disregarding his personal injuries, he moved to his position 
through a hail of small arms and grenade fire. Sergeant Lemon 
immediately realized that the defensive sector was in danger of being 
overrun by the enemy, and he unhesitatingly assaulted the enemy 
soldiers by throwing hand grenades and engaging in hand-to-hand combat. 
He was wounded yet a third time, but his determined efforts 
successfully drove the enemy from the area.
  It is for his courage and unwavering devotion to duty that I am proud 
to honor and remember the actions of Specialist Fourth Class Peter C. 
Lemon.

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