[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 151 (Thursday, September 19, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1179-E1180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE LIFE OF U.S. MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II VETERAN YSABEL 
                                CISNEROS

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                          HON. J. LUIS CORREA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 19, 2019

  Mr. CORREA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of U.S. 
Marine Corps World War II Veteran Ysabel Cisneros.
  Ysabel Cisneros was a lifelong resident of Orange County. He was born 
on October 6, 1925 in Anaheim, CA and raised in the segregated La Jolla 
barrio in the city of Placentia.
  Mr. Cisneros joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of 18 
in 1943 at the height of World War II. When given the choice of waiting 
two weeks, or joining immediately, he chose to enlist immediately and 
served his boot camp at Camp Pendleton.
  Ysabel Cisneros served in the Guam and Palau campaigns that freed the 
South Pacific from Fascist Japanese oppression. Mr. Cisneros and his 
company were then chosen to be a part of the invasion of Iwo Jima, a 
decisive battle in World War II.
  Ysabel Cisneros was among the many brave Americans to storm Mount 
Suribachi, in one of the deadliest battles in American History. During 
this time, Mr. Cisneros served with and befriended the legendary Ira 
Hayes, the Native American soldier who helped lift the American flag on 
Mount Suribachi.
  Mr. Cisneros was wounded in battle and spent the remainder of the war 
recuperating from his injuries. Mr. Cisneros was honorably discharged 
from the U.S. Marine Corps on June 26, 1946.
  Mr. Cisneros settled back in his hometown of Placentia and married 
his loving wife Amelia in 1947 and lived the remainder of his life.
  Ysabel Cisneros is survived by four of his children, 17 
grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and seven great-great 
grandchildren.
  Let us remember World War II Marine Veteran Ysabel Cisneros, a true 
American hero.

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