[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 26, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PATTON'S FOOT SOLDIER--
                            J. GIVENS YOUNG

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 26, 2006

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, congratulations to Givens 
Young upon the publication of Patton's Foot Soldier--The True War Story 
of J. Givens Young.
  With a moving forward by his dear friend, the late U.S. Senator Strom 
Thurmond (R-SC), this is the story of a patriotic young man who at the 
age of 16 left his Pee Dee home to enter Clemson University and its 
reserve officers' training school.
  The book is a moving tribute to all veterans who faced the horror of 
World War II in Europe. For his service in France, Luxembourg, Germany, 
and Austria, even into Czechoslovakia, First Lt. James Givens Young was 
awarded the Silver Star for his courage. Americans are grateful for 
General George S. Patton, Jr.'s, Third Army, which fought valiantly to 
liberate Europe from Nazism.
  The daily story of First Lieutenant Jim Young (as he was called 
during the war) is a chilling reminder of the sacrifices that embody 
the truth that Freedom is Not Free.
  After the war, he returned home to Florence, South Carolina, where he 
and his late wife of 57 years, Florence Hunter Young, had made their 
home. They had three daughters, Marian Young Howard, Beth Young 
Gilbert, and Mary Miles Young Swink.
  He successfully made Young Pecan Company the second largest pecan-
shelling corporation in the United States.

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