[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 11, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING MR. SANFORD WALKE, PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Mr. Sanford Walke of Hernando Beach, Florida. He was the chief engineer 
in the army during World War II, and Mr. Walke recently was a person to 
whom I presented the Purple Heart for his heroic actions in battle.
  On a flight over Germany on July 8, 1944, Mr. Walke's plane was shot 
down over France. The last one to jump out of the plane, he was forced 
to open his parachute over enemy territory. He was then taken as a 
Prisoner of War and held in a German prison camp. He was put on long 
and arduous marches until he was able to escape with another British 
soldier months later. The two soldiers were hiding in a barn in a 
German village when the British tanks rolled in and took over the town. 
Thankfully, the British took care of him until he was able to reunite 
with his American soldier buddies.
  Mr. Speaker, true American heroes like Sanford Walke should be 
honored for their service to our Nation and for their commitment and 
sacrifices in battle.

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