[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ROBERT PAUL ROBERTS

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                           HON. MARK E. GREEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 27, 2019

  Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Robert Paul Roberts, born August 22, 1922 in Lexington, Tennessee.
  Mr. Roberts graduated from Lexington High School in 1941 and attended 
the University of Tennessee-Martin in 1941 through 1942 when the nation 
was swept into World War II.
  About one year after Pearl Harbor, Mr. Roberts entered active duty in 
the U.S. Army on December 5, 1942. Roberts served in the 84th Infantry 
Division/9th Army Company. He served in Holland, Belgium, and Germany, 
including battles and campaigns in the Rhineland. He landed in Omaha 
Beach in the fall of 1944.
  Mr. Roberts returned home on the Queen Elizabeth II and was honorably 
discharged on February 21, 1946 in Ft. McPherson, Georgia. Upon his 
return, he worked as a farmer and a brick and stone mason, helping to 
build many homes, schools, and churches in West Tennessee.
  Mr. Roberts is a decorated veteran, having earned the World War II 
Victory Medal, the European African Middle Eastern Service Medal, and a 
Bronze Star American Service Medal.
  Mr. Roberts is married to Betty Wood. They have six children, eleven 
grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren, and a loving church 
family.
  Madam Speaker, I commend this great American on another year lived. I 
ask that my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives 
join me in congratulating him and thanking him for his service to our 
nation.

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