[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING D-DAY INVASION SURVIVOR TAM CATO

  (Mr. YOHO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YOHO. Madam Speaker, I have the honor today to recognize a living 
hero, a person who served our Nation at the shores of Normandy on D-
Day, June 6, 1944.
  Mr. Tam Cato is 104 years old and hails from Alachua, Florida. Mr. 
Cato was born on March 14, 1915, and raised in the town of Alachua on a 
653-acre farm, which he still calls his ``Daddy's farm.''
  Mr. Cato was drafted into the U.S. Army in February 1941 and trained 
at Camp Blanding in Starke, Florida. He was in Normandy during the 
invasion, where he served and aided in the liberation of France and 
Great Britain from Nazi Germany.
  Recently, I had the extreme privilege of sharing in an event for Mr. 
Cato in his hometown, where the French Government, through their 
council general and French generals, presented Mr. Cato the highest 
military and civilian honor France can offer: France's Legion of 
Honour.
  This award recognizes the American veterans who fought on French soil 
during World War II, risking their lives in the name of freedom. This 
medal is in honor of that courage and bravery.
  Madam Speaker, I thank Tam Cato, and my family and country thank him, 
as do the people of France. The world was made safer by him and others 
like him who served.

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