[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13830]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING SERGEANT DAKOTA L. MEYER

  (Mr. WHITFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the heroic efforts 
of Marine Sergeant Dakota L. Meyer.
  Sergeant Meyer was a scout sniper with the 3rd Marines and was 
awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in action on 
September 8, 2009, in Afghanistan. While maintaining security at a 
patrol rally point, an element of Sergeant Meyer's team was moving on 
foot through a village. When they were ambushed, Sergeant Meyer and a 
fellow marine raced to provide additional support for the ambushed 
squad.
  Despite concentrated enemy assaults, Meyer made two trips into the 
ambush area to evacuate two-dozen Afghan soldiers. He was then wounded 
by gunfire. After that, he made additional trips into the ambush area 
to recover additional wounded soldiers, and provided fire to help the 
remaining U.S. and Afghan soldiers fight their way out of the ambush. 
For his heroic efforts, Dakota L. Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor 
on September 8, 2009.
  When Douglas MacArthur gave his farewell speech to West Point, it was 
entitled, ``Duty, Honor, Country.'' I think those three words reflect 
the efforts of Dakota L. Meyer and his entire team.
  Today, I pay tribute to Dakota L. Meyer of the First Congressional 
District of Kentucky.

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