[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1930
                        HONORING IRENE G. NORMAN

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Yeoman 3rd Class Irene G. 
Norman, an American hero who served in World War II.
  Irene Norman enlisted in the Navy WAVES on October 28, 1944. She 
began her service in Bronx, New York, where she learned the trade of 
sheet metal fabrication. She was then assigned to her permanent duty 
station at Naval Air Station Miami in Florida, where she was 
responsible for repairing damaged aircraft so that they could continue 
to be used in the war effort.
  Yeoman 3rd Class Norman was honorably discharged in 1946 after 2 
years of service to her country. Mrs. Norman returned home and attended 
Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tennessee. She went to work for the 
local newspaper after graduation and did everything, from writing 
articles to selling ads. She wrote a column for the paper called 
``Heads and Hearts'' that she was very proud of.
  Additionally, Mrs. Norman married and raised three wonderful children 
after she completed her service.
  Mr. Speaker, our country's heroes are the men and women of our Armed 
Forces, like Mrs. Norman, who served and sacrificed for our freedom. It 
is my honor to recognize Yeoman 3rd Class Irene G. Norman as the 
Tennessee Second District's January 2020 Veteran of the Month.

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