[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 105 (Thursday, July 14, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1326-E1327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN HONOR OF MR. FRANK ZOLAR

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 14, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Frank Zolar on the 
occasion of his ninetieth birthday.
  Mr. Zolar was born on July 15, 1921 in Pickens, West Virginia. After 
spending his early life working in sawmills and coal mines, Frank 
enlisted in the U.S. Army only six days after the attack on Pearl 
Harbor. He fought with the 1st Infantry Division, also known as the 
``Big Red One,'' as a rifleman in the invasion of Africa.

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  Following the war, Frank moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1946 and spent 
the next twenty-one years working at the Fairbanks-Morse Company. While 
living in Cleveland, Frank met and married Lois, who would be his wife 
of more than 50 years. The two moved to North Olmsted, Ohio in 1959 
where they raised their three daughters, Theresa, Kathy and Karen.
  Frank has been an active member of his community and serves as a 
Sergeant-at-Arms for the North Olmsted Democratic Club. Recently, Mr. 
Zolar visited Washington, D.C., for the first time in his life with 
Honor Flight Cleveland, a nonprofit organization which flies veterans 
to see the memorials on the National Mall.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring the ninetieth 
birthday of Mr. Frank Zolar.

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