[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 3398-3399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    IN HONOR OF MR. WILLIAM H. REDD

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 12, 2013

  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. William H. Redd, 
a retired member of the United States Marine Corps who is receiving a 
lifetime achievement award for his service in the Montford Point 
Marines.
  Mr. Redd was drafted into the Marine Corps during World War II where 
he was sent to

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Camp Montford Point, a segregated training camp in Jacksonville, North 
Carolina. Upon completion, Private Redd was stationed in Iwo Jima and 
Sasebo, Japan where he worked in Pacific Theater of Operations with the 
66th Supply Platoon. He provided support, guard duty, and engaged in 
combat. Shortly after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, Corporal Redd was 
stationed in Hilo, Hawaii.
  After four years of enlistment, Corporal Redd was honorably 
discharged and returned to his wife and children in Camden, New Jersey.
  Mr. Redd was one of the nearly 20,000 Montford Point Marines who 
helped pave the way for African Americans in the United States Armed 
Forces. On June 27, 2012, Mr. Redd and his fellow Montford Point 
Marines received the Congressional Medal of Honor for their service.
  Mr. Redd will be receiving his Life Time Achievement Award from Each 
One Teach Consultants at the 10th annual Black History in the 
Barbershop Program in Camden, NJ. The program is dedicated to 
preserving the historical contributions that African Americans have 
made to society.

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