[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1020]
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IN MEMORIAM: DEDICATION OF THE GARDEN GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT ``CALL TO 
                  DUTY'' POLICE MEMORIAL, MAY 20, 1999

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                          HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 19, 1999

  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to the officers 
of the Garden Grove Police Department who died in the line of duty and 
who will be commemorated in the dedication of the Garden Grove Police 
Memorial, ``Call To Duty'' on this twentieth day of May, 1999.
  There are few words that adequately express the deep sorrow and grief 
of a family whose loved one has been killed in the line of duty. We can 
remember their bravery and courage through dedication and memorial. 
President Abraham Lincoln perhaps described the terrible emptiness and 
regret that we, the living, feel for those who have given their lives 
to protect others. In the famous Gettysburg address, Lincoln summarizes 
these feelings in a most profound way:

       It is for the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the 
     unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so 
     nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to 
     the great task remaining before us--that from these honored 
     dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they 
     gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly 
     resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain . . .''

  Let us pay tribute to the five brave men who gave their ``last full 
measure of devotion'' to the community that they were protecting: Myron 
Trapp, October 6, 1959; Andy Reese, May 30, 1970; Donald Reed, June 7, 
1980; Michael Rainford, November 7, 1980; and Howard Dallies, Jr., 
March 9, 1993. Let us not forget their heroism, their loyalty, and 
their dedication to duty.

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