[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN HONOR OF ALVIN HUSTON PERRY

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 5, 2019

  Mr. BARR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a special 
man, Mr. Alvin Huston Perry of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Mr. Perry is 
part of a special group of heroes that served our nation during World 
War II.
  Mr. Perry was born in August of 1923 and grew up on a farm in rural 
Anderson County. He was drafted into the United States Army in November 
of 1943. He was assigned to the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry 
Division. Mr. Perry's unit was part of the second wave of men to land 
on Omaha Beach after the D-Day invasion. German forces surprised 
Perry's company as fighting ensued in the hedgerows in Normandy. Mr. 
Perry was injured in the shoulder and his company was captured. He was 
taken to a German field hospital in Ruins, France where he was treated, 
From there, he was taken to Stalag XII-A in Limburg, Germany and later 
to Stalag VII-A in Musburg, Germany. He and his fellow prisoners lived 
in boxcars and were taken to Munich every day to work. He was a 
prisoner of war from July 1944 to April 1945.
  Following liberation by American forces, Mr. Perry returned to serve 
stateside. At the war's end, he farmed and created a milk route 
delivering milk containers from dairy farms to distribution plants. He 
married his sweetheart Oneida, who he met in grade school.
  Mr. Perry earned a Purple Heart, a Prisoner of War Medal, a Good 
Conduct Medal, and a WWII Victory Medal. He will be honored on June 7, 
2019 with the French Legion of Honor, the highest decoration bestowed 
in France.
  Mr. Perry and his fellow veterans are true heroes. As members of the 
``Greatest Generation'', they willingly served to protect and defend 
the freedoms that we enjoy today. I am humbled to honor the service of 
Mr. Alvin Huston Perry before the United States Congress.

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