[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1588]
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                       HONORING MR. FELIX SPARKS

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 5, 2001

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
pay tribute to Retired Brigadier General Felix Sparks, who proudly 
served our nation by leading a Colorado National Guard contingent into 
the European theater during World War II.
  General Felix Sparks has seen and experienced the horrifying aspects 
of war that most of us cannot even imagine. Mr. Sparks has lost close 
friends in battle and although surrounded by death, his heroism shone 
throughout his service. Mr. Sparks was a member of the team of American 
soldiers who landed at Anzio and later he joined in liberating the 
Dachau concentration camp in 1945.
  After serving his nation, Mr. Sparks moved to Colorado and attended 
law school at the University of Colorado. After his education, Felix 
served as a District Attorney for a seven-county judicial district in 
Colorado's Western Slope and also served as a Colorado Supreme Court 
Justice. Mr. Sparks is a first-class citizen who dedicated himself 
towards bettering Colorado both as a justice of the peace and as a 
commander of the Colorado National Guard.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to pay tribute to a distinguished 
Colorado citizen-soldier, Retired Brigadier General Sparks. On behalf 
of our nation and the great state of Colorado, I offer Mr. Sparks my 
warmest regard and debts of gratitude.

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