[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 51 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E674]
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                     IN HONOR OF HAROLD S. STRATTON

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 8, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I stand in honor of Harold S. Stratton for 
his service to our country in WWII and for his work with engineering 
outfits in their effort to rebuild parts of Europe following the war.
  Harold served with the 9th Armored Division, Company B, 6th Army 
Infantry Battalion. After crossing the Rhine River and engaging German 
resistance, Harold was wounded when mortar shells peppered the trees 
and landscape around his company. After a month long recovery in Liege, 
Belgium, Harold returned to his outfit which had moved to 
Czechoslovakia where he served out the end of the war and then began 
work rebuilding airfields with the engineering core. He was awarded the 
Purple Heart and is one of three Stratton brothers to serve in WWII 
along with 1st Lieutenant Royal Stratton and Sergeant Leighton 
Stratton.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring Harold S. 
Stratton and the Stratton brothers for their collective service to our 
country and for embodying the character and mettle that has come to 
define members of our ``greatest generation.''

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