[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5254]
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  SA 2986. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1027. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF NAVAL VESSEL 
                   IN HONOR OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD E. 
                   CAREY.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of the Navy should name the Spearhead-class 
     expeditionary fast transport vessel of the United States Navy 
     that has been ordered (Hull Number T-EPF-16) in honor of 
     Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey for the acts of valor 
     described in subsection (b).
       (b) Acts of Valor.--The acts of valor described in this 
     subsection are as follows:
       (1) In September 1950 in Korea, Lieutenant General Richard 
     E. Carey participated in the Inchon Landing, captured 
     communist forces, and led his rifle platoon to Seoul. Three 
     months later, on East Hill at the Chosin Reservoir, Carey 
     hurled grenades at Chinese forces. Carey and his fellow 
     Marines were outnumbered eight to one. They held their ground 
     and broke through the Chinese trap to the sea.
       (2) Carey remained in the fight until March 1951. While 
     commanding a platoon of machine gunners, Carey was badly 
     wounded. He continued leading his troops and initially 
     refused to get aid for his injuries. Carey's wounds required 
     hospitalization. During 189 days in Korea, Carey had seven 
     near-death experiences. As a result of his actions in Korea, 
     Carey received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the 
     Purple Heart.
       (3) Returning to the United States, Carey earned a flight 
     training slot and became a fighter pilot. In the early 1960s, 
     Carey scouted Marine Corps airfield sites in Vietnam. He 
     returned to Vietnam in the summer of 1967 and served during 
     the Tet Offensive. Carey flew 204 combat sorties, earning the 
     Distinguished Flying Cross and 16 Air Medals.
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