[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 138 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1261]
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               IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF JAMES G. PATTERSON

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 2016

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
today to recognize the life of James G. Patterson.
  August 22nd marks the birthday of Mr. Patterson who served his 
country in Korea until the conflict ended on July 27, 1953. Mr. 
Patterson returned to Alabama in the late 1950s and joined the Alabama 
National Guard. He served at the integration of the University of 
Alabama in June of 1963 and during the third Civil Rights march from 
Selma to Montgomery in 1965.
  His Army and National Guard experience were important to him and he 
shared his admiration and respect for Korea, education, religion and 
Civil Rights with his son, James E. Patterson, an Auburn University 
graduate, an Associate Member of the Korean War Veterans Association 
and a life member of the America Foreign Service Association.
  Mr. Patterson's son honored his father, who passed away in 2003, by 
appearing as a reporter in the 2015 film ``Selma.'' His son had his 
late father's military photo in his pocket as his scenes were filmed in 
Atlanta the week of Father's Day in 2014. James also wrote an article 
in the April 2015 issue of the National Guard Magazine titled, ``Proud 
of My Father.''
  On August 22, the Patterson family remembers and celebrates the life 
of James G. Patterson by volunteering at libraries, churches and 
schools.

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