[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING WILLIAM COOKSEY

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize one of the 
special veterans in my district. William Cooksey is a World War II 
veteran who just celebrated his 100th birthday.
  Later this month we will welcome Mr. Cooksey to Washington as part of 
an Honor Air Trip, which flies World War II veterans to our Nation's 
capital free of charge to visit the World War II Memorial and Arlington 
Cemetery.
  Mr. Cooksey began his service to our country as a member of an 
infantry unit. He then moved to the Air Corps and served as a 
chaplain's assistant from October 1943 to December 1945. When he left 
the military, he did so having received four Bronze Stars, a Purple 
Heart, the World War I Victory Medal and a Good Conduct Medal. At 100 
years old, Mr. Cooksey still serves as the senior choir director at his 
church.
  On behalf of this Congress, I thank Mr. Cooksey for his dedicated 
service. May God continue to bless this special man and all of our 
veterans who so bravely and selflessly served our country.

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