[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E760]
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  IN RECOGNITION OF THE LATE JAMES REDDINGTON, LANCE CORPORAL UNITED 
                          STATES MARINE CORPS

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2018

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the late James 
Reddington, Lance Corporal USMC. A medal presentation at Lackawanna 
County Courthouse and memorial service at Cathedral Cemetery was held 
in his honor conducted by Lieutenant General Ron Christmas, Colonel 
Terry Ebbert, the U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard, and the Greater 
Scranton Black Diamonds Pipe Band over Memorial Day Weekend 2018.
  Jimmy was a Lance Corporal with Echo Company 2nd Battalion 5th 
Marines and served his country during the Vietnam War. On March 23, 
1967, nineteen year old Lance Corporal Reddington charged an enemy 
position to draw fire away from the rescue and recovery from the field 
of a wounded fellow Marine. He was fatally wounded during this 
exchange.
  Because of his actions, Jimmy was posthumously awarded two Purple 
Hearts. He also received ten additional medals and awards for his 
service. However, because his family was deceased, these medals had 
gone unclaimed for fifty-one years. Lance Corporal Reddington's medals 
will be presented to the Marine Corps League, N.E. Detachment, where 
they will be held in repose and displayed.
  It is a solemn honor to recognize the memory of Lance Corporal James 
Reddington, USMC. I am grateful to him for his service in defense of 
his country and his willingness to sacrifice his life so a fellow 
Marine might live. We shall never forget his selfless actions that day 
and we are thankful for his service and the service of all who served 
in Vietnam. May he rest in peace.

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