[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE HEROIC MILITARY SERVICE OF SERGEANT PETER GLASSER

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                         HON. DIANA HARSHBARGER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 13, 2023

  Mrs. HARSHBARGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Sergeant Peter 
Glasser of Flag Pond in Unicoi County for his courageous military 
service during the Vietnam War. Sergeant Glasser served as an 
infantryman in E Company, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines regiment, then 
transferred to M Company, 3rd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment, and 
finally transferred again to C Company, 1st Battalion 27th Marine 
Regiment. Upon completing boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina 
and advanced infantry training at Camp Geiger, North Carolina in 1966, 
Private Glasser was assigned his first tour of duty in Vietnam with the 
5th Marine Regiment from California.
  Upon their arrival, his company was tasked with helping guard a 
United States military airstrip in Chu Lai, but he was transferred to 
the 1st Marine Regiment, with which he participated in multiple 
operations between Chu Lai and Danang. In 1967, then Lance Corporal 
Glasser returned stateside and served in the Military Police at Parris 
Island until being transferred to the 27th Marine Regiment in Hawaii. 
However, his homecoming was short-lived, and he soon received another 
assignment to Vietnam.
  During his second tour of duty, Corporal Glasser would fight in the 
historic Tet Offensive, one of the deadliest battles throughout the 
conflict. During a ``Search and Destroy'' operation on May 4, 1968, he 
suffered an injury from friendly fire, but returned to duty after just 
two weeks. He would finally return stateside in July of 1968 and was 
stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Sergeant Glasser was 
discharged with an Honorable Discharge on April 18, 1969.
  Please join me in celebrating the courage and bravery of Sergeant 
Glasser and his valiant service to our great Nation.

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