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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3492 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3492

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen

                                 An Act

 
 To designate the Traverse City VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic of 
 the Department of Veterans Affairs in Traverse City, Michigan, as the 
                  ``Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF COLONEL DEMAS T. CRAW VA CLINIC IN TRAVERSE 
CITY, MICHIGAN.
    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
        (1) Demas T. Craw was born on April 9, 1900, in Long Lake 
    Township, Michigan.
        (2) While residing in Traverse City, Michigan, Demas T. Craw 
    enlisted in the United States Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, on 
    April 18, 1918, and trained with the 12th Cavalry at Camp Stanley, 
    Texas.
        (3) Colonel Craw achieved the position of senior pilot and was 
    awarded--
            (A) the Medal of Honor for action in North Africa;
            (B) the World War I Victory Medal;
            (C) the World War II Victory Medal;
            (D) the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal;
            (E) the Mexican Service Medal;
            (F) the American Defense Service Medal;
            (G) the Purple Heart;
            (H) the Royal Order of George I; and
            (I) the Observer Badge.
        (4) Colonel Craw's citation for the Medal of Honor said, ``For 
    conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond 
    the call of duty. On November 8, 1942, near Port Lyautey, French 
    Morocco, Col. Craw volunteered to accompany the leading wave of 
    assault boats to the shore and pass through the enemy lines to 
    locate the French commander with a view to suspending hostilities. 
    This request was first refused as being too dangerous but upon the 
    officer's insistence that he was qualified to undertake and 
    accomplish the mission he was allowed to go. Encountering heavy 
    fire while in the landing boat and unable to dock in the river 
    because of shell fire from shore batteries, Col. Craw, accompanied 
    by 1 officer and 1 soldier, succeeded in landing on the beach at 
    Mehdia Plage under constant low-level strafing from 3 enemy planes. 
    Riding in a bantam truck toward French headquarters, progress of 
    the party was hindered by fire from our own naval guns. Nearing 
    Port Lyautey, Col. Craw was instantly killed by a sustained burst 
    of machinegun fire at pointblank range from a concealed position 
    near the road.''.
        (5) Colonel Craw was killed in action on November 8, 1942, 
    while attempting to deliver a message to broker a cease fire with 
    France.
    (b) Designation.--The Traverse City VA Community-Based Outpatient 
Clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Traverse City, 
Michigan, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known 
and designated as the ``Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic''.
    (c) Reference.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the community-
based outpatient clinic referred to in subsection (b) shall be 
considered to be a reference to the Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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