[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE SERVICE OF FRANK HART, JR.

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 26, 2016

  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a great American, Frank Hart, 
Jr. Mr. Hart was born in 1926 in Sharpsburg, Kentucky. While a student 
at Sharpsburg High School in January of 1944, he enlisted as a reserve 
in the US Army Air Corps. He graduated in May of 1944.
  Mr. Hart entered the U.S. Army Air Corps for active duty on August 8, 
1944. He was in training as an aviation cadet, but was physically 
unable to serve. He then volunteered for gunnery school and was shipped 
to Florida for training. As a new corporal, he was sent in June of 1945 
for training on a B-29 bomber crew as a ``Right Scanner'' on an 
Overseas Training Unit. The training was to end on August 21 and all 
crews were set to be sent overseas. August 14 was V-J Day and the war 
with Japan ended. Mr. Hart was promoted to sergeant and later earned 
another stripe as staff sergeant. Mr. Hart was discharged at Ft. 
Leavenworth, Kansas on June 26, 1946.
  Following his time in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Mr. Hart enrolled in 
the University of Kentucky along with many other veterans. The 
legendary coach Paul ``Bear'' Bryant began his first year at the 
University of Kentucky that same year.
  Mr. Hart married Beulah Moore in 1947 and began his farming career. 
They have been married more than sixty eight years and have two adult 
children, three grandchildren, and a new great-grandchild.
  Mr. Hart, now retired, farmed and raised tobacco crops for fifty 
years. He also worked in highway construction, ran a service station, 
and worked at the Lexington Bluegrass Army Depot.
  As a part of the Greatest Generation, Mr. Hart is to be commended for 
his service to his country. Because of his willingness to sacrifice, 
and the willingness of his fellow men and women in uniform, our 
freedoms are secured. Mr. Hart truly is an outstanding American and an 
inspiration to us all. I am proud to recognize his service before the 
United States House of Representatives.

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