[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 162 (Monday, November 2, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1573]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING MILITARY VETERANS FROM NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA

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                          HON. ANDER CRENSHAW

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, November 2, 2015

  Mr. CRENSHAW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor eighty-eight 
military veterans who reside in my Congressional District in Nassau 
County, Florida and recognize them with a special medal in honor of 
their military service and in gratitude of our country The veterans' 
ceremony carries special significance as it falls during Northeast 
Florida's Week of Valor and in light of the fact that brave American 
military members continue to serve across the globe.
  Veterans in Nassau County have always taken part in our Nation's 
battles dating back to the Seminole-Indian Wars, Civil War, World War I 
and II, Korea, Vietnam and operations in the Middle East. These 
citizens have served with distinction and courage no matter their 
assignments. Each veteran accepted the call to serve and take his or 
her turn on the watch. The secret of our outstanding military is the 
citizens from communities, like Nassau County, stepping forward to 
serve. The faces of America's military can be found right here in 
Bryceville, Callahan, Fernandina Beach, Hilliard and Yulee, Florida.
  The veterans we honor were nurses, doctors and aircraft mechanics. 
During World War II, one sat in a ball turret as a gunner; one was a P-
17 pilot. In Korea, they called in air strikes as forward air 
controllers and worked in MASH units. In Vietnam, they were on the 
ground as infantrymen or in the air in helicopters. One of them helped 
develop the assault amphibious vehicle still used by the Marine Corps 
today. Some saw fierce combat in Iraq and worked counter drug 
operations in South and Central America. Several earned Bronze Stars 
and other service medals. Some wear Purple Hearts. All of them served 
with distinction, dedication and devotion to our country.
  Over the years I have had the honor of recognizing over two thousand 
veterans in Florida's Fourth Congressional District. This year, I am 
honored to commend the following men and women for their service to our 
country and to salute them for a job well done: John W. Ashmead; Emily 
Jo Baumgartner; George P. ``Pat'' Beamer; Ula E. Bennett; John S. 
Billings; Thomas Blackwelder; Robert S. Bolan, Jr.; Joseph H. Bottoni; 
Harry E. Bowman; Paul Henry Brown; Stanley R. Bunch; Gerald B. Burford, 
M.D.; G. Kyle Burford; Robert R. Capps; Edward M. Coop; William Larry 
Cravey; Noah S. Crawford; Steven John Crounse; Andrew J. Curtin; Cara 
A. Curtin; Robert J. De Angelo; Harry Duccilli, Jr., M.D.; Samuel O. 
Entriken; M. Daniel Fullwood; Erving Gilyard; Thomas J. Gora; Leo 
Green; Eugene Rawson Griffin, III; John Halliday; James W. Hendricks; 
Walter A. Hickey; Thomas J. Higginbotham; Henry L. Hines, Jr.; Roy 
Holland; Darryl J. Hooper; Roger L. Horton; James II. Jones; Gordon E. 
Jonsrud; Edward Lee Kaywork; Conrad Kohlman; Gene A. Kyzer; Erik 
Larsen; Joseph R. Laspina; Andrea E.I. Latza-Meires; Leonard L. Lyons; 
Susan L Marden; William J. Marsh; Paul N. Massing; William G. McKeown; 
Patrick A. Meires; Gerald R. Miller; Presley K. Mitchell; W. Patrick 
Monaghan; Victor X. Monroy; Alva Barry Moody; Cynthia J. Morley; John 
D. Morley; Albert F. Nelson; Mary A. Nuttall; Alice Faye Overstreet; 
Kenneth B. Overstreet; Albert D. Owens; LeRoy Owens; Kenneth W. 
Pennington; George T. Pippin III; Gordon A. Plugge, Jr.; John D. 
Pruitt; Francis R. Quattrene; Josef I. Reece; Charles E. Revels; 
Sylvester Ross, Henry M. Rothschild; John W. Scherer; Eddie W. 
Shepherd; Edwin C. Sherer; Cleo F. Smith; John W. Stephens, Jr.; Dale 
C. Stickrath; Rick Traum; Jerry A. Tyner; James Bruce Underwood; Dumas 
J. Vines, Jr.; Willie F. Watson; Ralph L. Wickson; Thomas T. Workman; 
Jesse L. Wright; Edward A. Zack; and Nello R. Zortea.

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