[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 117 (Friday, July 12, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING LT. COLONEL SAMUEL LOMBARDO

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                            HON. MATT GAETZ

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 12, 2019

  Mr. GAETZ. Madam Speaker, today I rise to commemorate the 100th 
birthday of Lt. Col. Samuel Lombardo in honor of his service to our 
country. Mr. Lombardo and his family legally immigrated to the United 
States of America from Italy when he was just 10 years old. He grew up 
in Pennsylvania, where he enlisted to serve in the Army National 
Guard's 28th Infantry Division just one month following the start of 
World War II.
  After training, he was deployed to Europe, where served as platoon 
leader and executive officer of I Company, 394th Infantry Regiment, 
99th Division. He served in the ``Battle of the Bulge,'' and he 
continued his service to America in the Korean conflict and in the 
Vietnam War.
  Throughout his service to our county, Lt. Colonel Lombardo earned the 
Silver Star, the Bronze Star with ``V Device'' for valor, as well as an 
oak leaf cluster for meritorious achievement, the Army Commendation 
Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, American 
Campaign Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 
three Campaign Stars, WWII Victory Medal, National Defense Service 
Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, United Nations Medal, Vietnam 
Expeditionary Forces Medal, French Legion of Honor, the Belgian 
Fourragare, and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in support of the Okaloosa County Board 
of County Commissioners in Florida Congressional District One, as they 
declare this day, July 12, 2019, to be ``Samuel Lombardo Day.''

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