[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 116 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING PVT. MICHAEL A. CHILDRESS

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                        HON. ALBERT RUSSELL WYNN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 1, 1996

  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, August 2, 1996 marks a special day for my 
constituent, Private Michael A. Childress, Jr. of Capitol Heights, MD, 
as he inaugurates his life defending his country.
  Private Childress has made the most honorable decision an American 
can make to defend his country. Private Childress graduated from 
Coolidge High School in 1993 and began a promising future as a student 
at St. Augustine College in Raleigh, NC; however he received the call 
to defend his country and as a result made the decision to pursue a 
military career.
  Private Childress is an outstanding soldier and has shown exemplary 
service. He began his career in basic training as platoon leader and 
continued in a leadership position throughout Advance Individual 
Training as a class leader. Private Childress will graduate from 
Advanced Individual Training with the Leadership Award.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues here in the U.S. House of 
Representatives will join me in extending congratulations and very best 
wishes to Private Childress on this momentous occasion.

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