[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E264]
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                          PVT. ALBERT M. PERRY

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                           HON. LUKE MESSER-

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 6, 2018

  Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Private Albert Perry, 
who was killed in action in Saarlautern, Germany on December. 18, 1944.
  Private Perry was born on October 1, 1920 in Banta, Indiana, to 
William Herman Perry and Dessie Day Perry. He was the ninth of ten 
siblings, with two sisters and seven brothers. He attended Bargersville 
and Center Grove schools, but after only one year of high school he 
went to work full-time at the Earl Wilson Service Station and Garage in 
Franklin, Indiana to help his family.
  Private Perry enlisted in the Army on March 3, 1944 at Fort Benjamin 
Harrison in Indianapolis. After several months of training, he was 
deployed on August 6, 1944 from Boston, MA on the SS Mariposa. He 
served with the Company K, 378th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry 
Division of the Third Army, which earned the nickname ``Iron Men of 
Metz'' after defending the town in France from repeated German attacks.
  Like many of our brave young soldiers, Private Perry paid the 
ultimate sacrifice defending and protecting our freedom. Although our 
debt to him can never be repaid, we have a duty to honor and recognize 
the sacrifice that he made protecting this great country.

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