[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 68 (Thursday, May 23, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E894]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

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                          HON. JOHN E. SWEENEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 22, 2002

  Mr. SWEENEY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the student body 
of Shenendehowa High School of Clifton Park, New York and to new 
graduates. These are not your run-of-the-mill graduates, however. These 
are graduates who gave up their normal time for leaving high school so 
that they could defend our Nation from evil. Their heroic acts helped 
preserve the free world and ensured the continual existence of our way 
of life.
  Today's student body, unselfish in their motives, feels that these 
men deserve lasting recognition. Therefore, they are placing the names 
of the following people indelibly in the hearts of their fellow 
citizens by asking me to present them to you in this venue.
  Alfred Bristol, Army, of DeWitt Clinton, N.Y.; Mario Gaetano, Sr., 
Army Air Force, of Mechanicville, N.Y.; Orlie Kent, Army, of Wolcott, 
N.Y.; George Kohrmann, Navy, Bronx, N.Y.; George Lynch, Navy, Piermont, 
N.Y.; Kenneth Melia, Navy, Jamaica, N.Y., Potito Sforza, Army, Bronx, 
N.Y.; Anthony Streppone, Navy, Bronx, N.Y.; and John Tremblay, Army, 
Troy, N.Y.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in not just congratulating these men on 
the honor of their graduation, but in thanking them for their sacrifice 
and efforts. Also, Mr. Speaker, please join me in thanking the students 
of Shenendehowa High School for their spirited and unselfish act in 
behalf of these men.

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