[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 175 (Wednesday, December 11, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1830]
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   HONORING U.S. MARINE CORPS GENERAL RAYMOND GILBERT ``RAY'' DAVIS, 
SERGEANT RODNEY MAXWELL DAVIS, MAJOR HENRY TALMAGE ELROD, AND U.S. NAVY 
                 SEAMAN FIRST CLASS WENDALL LEON JONES

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                           HON. AUSTIN SCOTT

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 11, 2013

  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
careers of several individuals from Georgia's Eighth Congressional 
District who gave their all for our country and for our freedoms. They 
have been posthumously inducted into Georgia's first-ever Military 
Veterans Hall of Fame, and I would like to recognize them today.
  United States Marine Corps General Raymond Gilbert ``Ray'' Davis 
hails from Fitzgerald, GA. In Korea in December 1950, then Lieutenant 
Colonel Davis personally led his battalion to victory in hand to hand 
combat against a strongly entrenched and numerically superior hostile 
force. For his valorous actions he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
  United States Marine Corps Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis hails from 
Macon, GA. In Vietnam in September 1967 while his platoon was pinned 
down by a numerically superior force, he personally led his men in 
repulsing an onrushing enemy. With disregard for his own life, he saved 
many of his men by throwing himself on an exploding enemy grenade. He 
gallantly gave his life for his country and was awarded the Medal of 
Honor.
  United States Marine Corps Major Henry Talmage Elrod hails from 
Ashburn, GA. On Wake Island in December 1941, as a fighter pilot, he 
personally destroyed an enemy warship and shot down two enemy airplanes 
before assuming command of a ground unit and inspirationally led his 
men against an attacking superior enemy force until he was killed in 
action. He gallantly gave his life for his country and was awarded the 
Medal of Honor.
  United States Navy Seaman First Class Wendall Leon Jones hails from 
Tifton, GA. At the age of 16, he enlisted in the Navy. At age 17 the 
landing craft that he was aboard was sunk by a German U-Boat killing 
all but 89 of the 641 aboard. He was severely burned on the face and 
hands while rescuing Sailors and Soldiers. During the D-Day Landing, he 
was among the 51 survivors of a 600 man demolition unit, once again 
sustaining injuries to his hands during small arms fire fights. One 
month later at age 18, he was wounded again by shell fragments in the 
right ear, right ankle, and face during a demolition mission behind 
enemy lines. After recovering, he was headed to Japan when the war 
ended and he was soon discharged having just reached the age of 19. He 
was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for Valor and 3 Purple Hearts. 
He died at age 36 from injuries to his brain caused by wounds.

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