[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        IN HONOR OF HUGO H. LANGE

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                           HON. FRANK TEJEDA

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 26, 1995
  Mr. TEJEDA. Mr. Speaker, seventy-eight years ago a 28 year old farmer 
from Floresville, Texas responded to the Nation's call for service 
during World War I. Corporal Hugo H. Lange joined Company H, 328th 
Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division of the Army during the Saint 
Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives in France. Corporal Lange's actions 
during the Meuse-Argonne offensive earned him a Silver Star, the 
Nation's third highest decoration for battlefield heroism, and a 
promotion to Sergeant.
  Hugo Lange's citation reads, ``For Gallantry in Action: Sergeant then 
Corporal Hugo H. Lange, Company H, 328th Infantry, distinguished 
himself during the severe fighting west of Chatel Chehery, France on 8 
October 1918. Finding himself detached from his platoon, rallied and 
reorganized the men he could find, amounting to half a platoon, and 
successfully led them forward, this being the first detachment to reach 
the battalion objective. His aggressiveness, bravery and leadership 
through out the Argonne offensive contributed much to the success of 
his company.''
  After Lange's death in 1935, his daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Braden, 
discovered that the Army had never given her father the Medals of 
Valor. Through Mrs. Braden's efforts, the Army has decided to honor 
Hugo Lange's heroism with a ceremony today at Fort Sam Houston in San 
Antonio, Texas. Lt. Gen. Marc Cisneros, Commanding General of Fifth US 
Army and Fort Sam Houston, will present the Silver Star Medal and the 
World War I victory medal--with three campaign clasps--to one of Hugo 
Lange's sons, Mr. Victor Lange, and to Mrs. Braden.
  I commend the family of Hugo Lange for their efforts to enhance and 
preserve their family history. Fewer and fewer of today's youth have 
firsthand experience of military service. In addition, we are losing 
more and more of our World War I and World War II veterans. Their 
history, and the stories of their struggles, need to be preserved and 
passed on to all future generations.


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