[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E560]
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  MEMORIALIZATION OF BRIG. GEN. RICHARD J. DIRGINS, U.S. ARMY RESERVE 
                                 CENTER

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                            HON. TODD TIAHRT

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 17, 1996

  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, the first officially named U.S. Army Reserve 
center located outside of American territory will be dedicated in the 
memory of Brig. Gen. Richard J. Dirgins on April 19, 1995, in 
Schwetzingen, Germany. Dirgins, a native of Fairfield, CT, and an 
alumnus of Norwich University, Vermont, led the 7th Army Reserve 
Command for almost 7 years. The general died January 14, 1995, just 
months after relinquishing command of the 7th ARCOM, which has 23 Army 
Reserve units in Germany and Italy. Presently 11 of the command's units 
are mobilized in support of Operation Joint Endeavor.
  Dirgins's many years of service in the Army will be remembered in an 
outdoor ceremony at Tompkins Barracks that will include the unveiling 
of a bronze plaque and a portrait and the planting of a tree outside 
the building which will bear his name.

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