[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E96-E97]
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EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO THE MEMBERS OF BRAVO BATTERY, FIRST BATTALION, 
 109TH FIELD ARTILLERY DIVISION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 26, 2005

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to the 126 
members of the Bravo Battery of the First Battalion of the 109th Field 
Artillery, based in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, who are returning home 
this week after a year in Iraq.
  Our brave soldiers have served their country valiantly and we welcome 
them home with the utmost gratitude for their selflessness. In this 
time of war, it is important that we realize the sacrifices our troops 
endure. Americans have a history of making the necessary sacrifices for 
fighting for the ideals in which we believe. Americans have 
consistently stepped up and taken the lead in ensuring democracy 
through voluntary military service.
  The Bravo Battery consists of: Richard Osborne Adams, David Paul 
Anthony, Stephen John Arnold, Richard Anthony Aulicino, Joseph Baloh, 
Michael William Bauder, James Lee Bell, Joshua Michael Bohinski, Jason 
Otto Bolesta; Joshua Brandes, Dennis Michael Bressler, Travis C. 
Brigalia, Christian Benjamin Brown, Mark Earl Brown, Ronald Joseph 
Bruza, Jr., Kyle Edward Buff, Robert Anthony Burge, Kevin Thomas 
Burritt, Raymond Charles Cannell, Gary Bruce Caton, Jr., John Lawrence 
Cavanaugh, Richard Lloyd Chesnet, Jr., Gerald B. Cobb, Scott Elliott 
Cousins;
  Ryan Hazen Craig, Christopher Alan Daniel, Scott Anthony Domanowski, 
Robert Patrick Donahue, Dean Emery Doty, Nicholas Andrew Dulina, 
William Sanderson Dutzar, Jason John Ellison, Eric Anthony Eppler, 
Eugene Joseph Everett, Rodney Stephen Fedorchak, Robert Allen Franks, 
Terrance Charles Frederick, James Joseph Gallagher, James Michael 
Gallagher, Patrick Edward Gallagher, Tomas Rafael Garcia, Mario Luis 
Gonzalez, Jr., Jeremy James Granahan, Nicholas Joseph Guzenski, Justin 
Matthew Harris, William Harris, Kelly Scott Harter, Kevin Patrick 
Hettler,

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Bruce Alan Hinds II, David Andrew Hoover, Kevin Thomas Hoover, 
Christopher Andrew Hudock, Matthew David Jacobs, Elijah Kareeme Jones, 
James Joseph Kania;
  Daniel Steven Kankiewicz, Christopher James Keen, Christopher Warren 
Keller, Brendan Kevin Kelly, Jared Raymond Kennedy, David John Kinney, 
Rory Francis Kirwan, Rhyan Lee Kleiner, Neil Charles Klinges, Nicholas 
Andrews Kopco, Raymond Louis Krzak, Brett David Kunkle, Charles Cushing 
Ladd V, George Leibman, Matthew Lipo, Billy Joe Lorah, Phillip Glenn 
Losito, Andrew Lukashewski, Brian Lukashewski, Joseph Andrew 
Lukashewski, Matthew Lupico, Nicholas Richard Lynn, Leonard John 
Macking III, Brian Jason Martin, William Frank Marusak, Michael 
Aloysius McKeown, Adam Charles Metz, Kenneth Paul Miller, Jr., Robert 
Jason Miller, Robert John Miller, Paul Minnicks IV, David Joseph 
Miscavage, Cliff Antonio Morales, Joseph John Novackowski, Patrick 
Francis O'Boyle, Walter Robert Ohl, Thomas Robert O'Leary, Charles Alex 
Pavlick, Francis William Petroski, Kris Sean Petrosky, Sr., Tony Phan;

  Francis Joseph Poperowitz, Neil Aaron Ravitz, Jason Rexford Robbins, 
Timothy Michael Roberts, Jeremy John Rusczyk, Stephen Mark Rutkowski, 
Sean Paul Sarokas, John Sedon IV, Daniel Thomas Seip IV, Christopher 
Jude Sicurella, Jonathan Neil Suva, Anthony William Skrypski, K. Jaime 
Sorber, Daniel Christian Stella, Robert Paul Sternick, William Fredrick 
Stiefel, Jr., Jamie Lee Sult, Justin George Thomas, William Lewis 
Thubbron, Jonathan David Torres, Daniel Kieran Walsh, Nicholas William 
Walters, Wesley James Waters, Leonard Kenneth Weston, Jr., Adam Thomas 
Wilcox, Aron Preston Wright, Joshua Paul Yetter, Michael Lee Yetter, 
Eric Mark Zagata, and Robert Louis Zarnoch.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me in thanking these soldiers for 
their courage and love of country. It is truly an honor to serve them 
in the United States Congress. Please join me in welcoming these fine 
Americans home.

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