[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 16, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              ARTHUR STACEY MASTRAPA POST OFFICE BUILDING

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                         HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 16, 2005

  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, as someone born and raised in 
the town of Altamonte Springs, Florida, it is a special honor to 
support the designation of the United States Postal Service located at 
321 Montgomery Road in Altamonte Springs, Florida, as the Arthur Stacey 
Mastrapa Post Office Building.
  SGT Arthur Stacey Mastrapa, a former Postal Service employee, was 
killed in Iraq last June while serving his country as an Army 
Reservist. Naming the Altamonte Springs Post Office after Sergeant 
Mastrapa is an honor befitting of a man who dedicated his life to 
serving his fellow citizens and eventually made the ultimate sacrifice 
for his nation.
  Sergeant Mastrapa was killed in June 2004 after serving nearly 400 
days in Iraq as part of a Military Police unit of the Army Reserve. 
Sergeant Mastrapa joined the Army in 1992 and later joined the Army 
Reserve in 1998 after leaving active duty. When he was not serving with 
his reserve unit, he served as a postal worker at the Altamonte Springs 
Post Office. Sergeant Mastrapa leaves behind his wife Jennifer and two 
children. Sergeant Mastrapa was a model American.
  Mr. Speaker, each of the 24 other members of the Florida 
Congressional delegation supports this legislation because it not only 
honors Sergeant Mastrapa's life, but it also thanks his family for 
their sacrifice and creates a permanent memorial that his coworkers at 
the post office can remember him by.

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