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




               HONORING LIEUTENANT MICHAEL EDWIN THORNTON

  (Mr. BRADY of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the heroic 
efforts of Lieutenant Michael Edwin Thornton of the United States Navy 
in Montgomery, Texas.
  Lieutenant Thornton was a senior adviser to Vietnamese Navy SEAL 
patrols and was awarded his Medal of Honor for extreme bravery in 
action on March 6, 1976, in Vietnam.
  Lieutenant Thornton and his team snuck behind enemy lines. At sunup, 
the team made contact with an enemy force and engaged in a furious 
firefight with the enemy, inflicting many casualties before 
withdrawing. When some of the men were cut off from the team, 
Lieutenant Thornton went back in, through enemy fire, to find the 
wounded men and carry them to safety. In killing several enemy 
combatants and hauling the wounded out, Lieutenant Thornton saved the 
life of his superior officer.
  It is for his heroic spirit in service to our Nation that I am proud 
to honor and remember the actions of Lieutenant Michael Edwin Thornton.

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