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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | March 25, 2013 03:07 PM |
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| From: | Representative Stephen Barrar |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Rename Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center after Medal of Honor recipient Corporal Michael Crescenz. |
| In the near future, I plan to introduce a resolution that would memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact S. 229 (2013) to recognize the selfless actions of Corporal Michael J Crescenz, a Medal of Honor recipient and past Philadelphia resident, by renaming the “Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center” to the “Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center.” Corporal Crescenz earned the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam on November 20, 1968 in the Hiep Duc Valley. Corporal Crescenz’s military outfit of Company A, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th Infantry Brigade was ambushed by North Vietnamese troops while patrolling the valley. To protect Company A, Crescenz grabbed a nearby machine gun and charged up 100 meters of incline to confront the three attacking bunkers, which he effectively silenced. Machine gun fire proceeded to erupt from a fourth camouflaged North Vietnamese bunker. Crescenz selflessly charged toward the fourth bunker to attempt to silence it, but was mortally wounded by the enemy machine gun fire. On that day, the actions of Corporal Crescenz allowed the rest of Company A to complete their objectives with minimal danger, potentially saving the lives of his fellow comrades. Corporal Crescenz was the only Philadelphia resident to receive the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. I am proposing this legislation on behalf of Corporal Michael J Crescenz and his surviving family and for the selfless actions that Corporal Crescenz showed on that day. My proposal would create a permanent and public recognition of Corporal Crescenz. Please join me in sponsoring this very timely legislation. |
Introduced as HR210