[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 77 (Friday, June 4, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1031]
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                             FALLEN HEROES

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                               speech of

                          HON. CHARLES F. BASS

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 2004

  Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Sergeant Jeremiah ``Jay'' 
Holmes of Dover, New Hampshire. He bravely served the Army National 
Guard's 744th Transportation Company of Hillsborough, N.H., supporting 
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Holmes made the ultimate sacrifice to 
protect his country and aid the Iraqi people when his vehicle hit a 
roadside bomb on a bridge near Balad, Iraq, on March 29, 2004.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Sergeant Jeremiah ``Jay'' 
Holmes and our other servicemen and women who have courageously given 
their own lives in order to protect and defend the democracy we enjoy 
in America and to extend the freedoms that come with democracy to those 
who live in fear and oppression worldwide.

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