[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 113 (Monday, July 3, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E941-E942]
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                     HONORING JULES HERMAN SITRICK

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                       HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, July 3, 2017

  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the wartime 
service of longtime resident of the Village of Morton Grove, Illinois.
  Earlier this month, the Consul General of France in Chicago, Vincent 
Floreani, recognized J. Herman Sitrick as a French Knight of the Legion 
of Honor. The award recognizes Mr. Sitrick's extraordinary bravery and 
critical contribution to allied efforts to liberate France from Nazi 
occupation.
  Joining the United States Army as a teenager, Mr. Sitrick 
participated in the D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy, helping 
to open a second allied front in occupied Europe and suffering a 
shrapnel wound in the process. He fought with his unit as allied forces 
pushed back German forces across Europe.
  In January 1945, Mr. Sitrick found himself stationed in the Ardennes 
Forest, participating in what history calls the Battle of the Bulge. It 
was during that action that Mr. Sitrick had the quick thinking and 
bravery to capture twenty-one German soldiers as they sought shelter 
from the biting cold--turning them over to reinforcing units the next 
morning.
  I am forever grateful to J. Herman Sitrick for his service. We must 
not forget what he and so many other service members went through in 
World War II as they risked, and in many cases sacrificed, their lives 
to defend freedom.
  I also want to recognize the efforts of the French government, as 
they work to recognize

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veterans who have done their duty and deserve recognition.
  I thank Mr. Sitrick for all that he's done for our country.

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