[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING ENSIGN STEPHEN DICKMANN

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                         HON. DIANA HARSHBARGER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 26, 2023

  Mrs. HARSHBARGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my constituent, 
Naval Officer Stephen Dickmann of Greeneville, Tennessee for his 
distinguished service during the Vietnam War, from May 1965 to August 
1967.
  Ensign Dickmann served as Supply and Disbursing Officer and General 
Quarters Cryptography Officer aboard USS Richard B. Anderson, named 
after Medal of Honor recipient USMC PFC Richard B. Anderson. Anderson 
was deployed in the area of the Mekong Delta and the waters off the 
coast of Vietnam, the South China Sea, the Gulf of Siam, and the Gulf 
of Tonkin. Anderson engaged in search and rescue and surveillance 
operations and shore bombardment in support of ground troops.
  Ensign Dickmann's Supply Department was responsible for maintaining 
the inventory of repair parts, as well as paying and feeding the crew, 
the ship's laundry, the ship's store, and the ship's barber shop until 
he was medically discharged. It was subsequently determined he had been 
exposed to Agent Orange.

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