[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 195 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1306-E1307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING GUNNAR MARSHALL WEST

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                          HON. BETH VAN DUYNE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 15, 2022

  Ms. VAN DUYNE. Madam Speaker, on behalf of a grateful nation and the 
Citizens of the Twenty-Fourth District of Texas, the 2022 Congressional 
Veteran Commendation is hereby presented to Gunnar Marshall West, 
Captain, United States Army, of Dallas, Texas for the honorable service 
he performed while in the Armed Forces of the United States of America 
and for his continued service to his community.
  Mr. West was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1973 and commissioned as 
an officer in 1978,

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serving in the Army Medical Corps as a brigade surgeon, stationed in 
the First Infantry Division at Fort Riley in Kansas. He then deployed 
to Germany and was later awarded an Army Achievement Medal for his role 
in the defense of the Rock Island Arsenal during a violent protest in 
1985. Among his other decorations is the Army Service Ribbon and the 
Overseas Service Ribbon.
  The selflessness Mr. West demonstrated in the U.S. Army continues 
with his service to his community. He started a nonprofit organization 
for abused and neglected children, SouthWest Kids, and has been 
involved in coaching youth sports in Southlake for over two decades.
  Mr. West's service is consistent with the finest traditions of the 
United States Army and reflects great credit upon himself, the State of 
Texas, and the United States of America.

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