[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 86 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY'S RECIPIENTS OF OPERATION RECOGNITION

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2008

  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
a group of individuals--heroes--who are receiving the recognition and 
honor they deserve for their service to our country. Operation 
Recognition is operated by the Riverside County Office of Education 
with assistance from the Riverside County Department of Veterans' 
Services. The program awards high school diplomas to veterans who 
missed completing high school due to military service in World War II, 
the Korean war, or the Vietnam war, or due to internment in WWII 
Japanese-American relocation camps.
  A recognition ceremony was held on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, for the 
following individuals who received their high school diplomas through 
Operation Recognition:
  Gary Anderson, Jess David Atilano, George R. Baca, Mark Chandler 
Banks, Clyde A. Bell, Kenneth M. Cable, Joseph Carpini, Franklin Delano 
Coffey, Michael DeCosta Jr., William Deile, Juan V. Espinoza, Lind 
Torrey Fiveland, Ronald Ascension Fraijo, Henry Joe Garcia, Peter James 
Garcia, Eugenio Gomez, David Diaz Gonzales, Marcelo Gonzalez Jr., 
Richard L. Goorey, Richard R. Granado, Carl F. Hawkins, Donald E. 
Hawley, David W. Heard, Noel Heft, Walter Edward Hetzel, Keith A. 
Hograve, Richard Jaramillo, Norman L. Keepers, Michael J. Lambert Jr., 
Phillip A. LeGault, Estepan J. Luna, Richard E. Marruffo, Augustine G. 
Martinez, George Mello, Fred G. Mora, Frank Guadalupe Munoz, Manuel 
Munoz, Frank R. Munro, Richard G. Nelson, George O. Peterson, Clayton 
Lawrence, Pringle Kent; Eugene Ransdell, William S. Rivera, Steven 
Michael Roberts, William Holst Rodgers, David Paul Rogers, Harold 
Richard Roselli, Glen Harlen Routh, Albert Ortiz Salsedo, Victor M. 
Sartoresi, George M. Valencia, and Anthony Zamora.
  Our country owes a debt of gratitude to all the above recipients for 
their service and sacrifice. I salute all the above individuals and 
congratulate them on receiving their high school diploma.

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