[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO MARINE CORPORAL JEREMIAH CUMMINS

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                         HON. RICHARD W. POMBO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 28, 2006

  Mr. POMBO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Marine Corporal 
Jeremiah Cummins, of San Ramon, CA, who recently returned from his 
third tour of duty in Iraq. Corporal Cummins served in the Third Marine 
Battalion of the 5th Marines with bravery and honor, and I am honored 
to represent him in Congress.
  First sent to Iraq shortly after the initial invasion was winding 
down, Corporal Cummins spent that tour in a town about 80 or so miles 
south of Baghdad called Diyauneah. For his next tour he served in 
Fallujah, which saw some of the fiercest fighting. His third tour saw 
him stationed a few miles south of Fallujah and patrolling south of 
that post until the last 6 weeks of the deployment when he was posted 
in Ramadi, the scene of more fierce fighting.
  Corporal Cummins is a remarkable young man, and I rise today to honor 
and thank him for his service, and the service of all those who put 
themselves in harm's way for our Nation.

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