[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 174 (Friday, October 26, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1470]
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                         EDMUND A. WALENS, JR.

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 26, 2018

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Staff Sargent Edmund 
A. Walens, Jr., of Gloucester City, New Jersey for his service to our 
nation.
  Edmund A. Walens, Jr. was a graduate of Gloucester High School. He 
then, entered the United States Air Force in June, l952. He was unable 
to finish the basic training due to the Korean War, the Airforce needed 
Aircraft Mechanics and he was immediately transferred to the Shepard 
Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
  He served at Savannah Georgia refueling planes, then the 307 Bomb 
Wing, Okinawa Island, in Japan. In 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement 
was signed, this ended the Korean War.
  After ending the war Mr. Walens was assigned to the 98th Bomb Wing 
and shipped statewide though his time he served in New York, Texas, and 
then he received an honorable discharge in 1960 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
  Mr. Walens has been married for sixty years and has four children. 
Additionally, he served as a volunteer firefighter for nine and a half 
years and was in the New Jersey National Guard for fourteen years, 
receiving an honorable discharge in 1991.
  Mr. Walens also was the overseer in designing the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars Post No. 3620, Donald ``Doc'' Doherty Veterans Museum. The museum 
has artifacts that date back to the 1600's, and has been around for the 
community's enjoyment for fourteen years.
  Mr. Speaker, Edmund A. Walens, Jr. is the living embodiment of the 
``Greatest Generation.'' I ask you to join me in saluting and thanking 
him for his service to our country.

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