[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13834-13835]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DON J. JENKINS

  (Mr. GUTHRIE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTHRIE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Medal of Honor 
recipient Don J. Jenkins of the United States Army for his brave 
service in Vietnam.
  Under heavy crossfire, Don Jenkins maneuvered forward to an exposed 
position and began placing suppressive fire on the enemy. He exposed 
himself to extremely heavy fire when he repeatedly ran and crawled 
across open terrain to obtain resupplies of ammunition until he had 
exhausted all that was available for his machine gun. Displaying 
tremendous presence of mind, he then armed himself with two antitank 
weapons and, by himself, maneuvered through the rapid, hostile fire to 
within 20 meters of an enemy bunker to destroy that position. After 
moving back to the friendly defensive perimeter long enough to secure 
yet another

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weapon, a grenade launcher, Don Jenkins moved forward to a position 
providing no protection and resumed placing accurate fire on the enemy 
until his ammunition was again exhausted.
  It is for his courage and unwavering devotion to duty that I am proud 
to honor the actions of Private First Class Don J. Jenkins of 
Morgantown, Kentucky. I have the great privilege of knowing him 
personally, and I'm proud to call him my friend.

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