[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 196 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1219]
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                         IN HONOR OF WALTER COX

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 9, 2021

   Mr. BARR. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor a great American, Walter 
Clay Cox, Jr. Mr. Cox was born on November 9, 1922 and lives in 
Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Cox celebrates his 99th birthday this year.
  Mr. Cox grew up in Lancaster, Kentucky. After graduating from high 
school in 1940, he attended the University of Kentucky. He was headed 
to law school when his ROTC unit was called up for basic training in 
1943. He was later assigned to the U.S. Army's 3rd platoon, 70th 
Infantry Division. The troops were shipped out of Boston to Marseille, 
France. The platoon of 40 men left for the front lines on December 10, 
1944, traveling in a boxcar. They arrived at the front in time for a 
``real'' Christmas. Conditions were brutal in the freezing winter as 
the unit fought the German army in the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Cox 
attained the rank of Captain. He remembers well the celebration when 
the Germans surrendered in 1945. Mr. Cox's service continued during the 
occupation of Germany until May of 1946. He was recalled to active duty 
and served in the Judge Advocate General Corps in Korea from January 
1951 to September 1952.
  In 1946, Mr. Cox returned to the University of Kentucky and completed 
his Juris Doctorate. He served as the Police Judge in Lancaster. He was 
the originating and managing partner of a law practice in Lexington. 
For more than 50 years, he has been a member of the Commercial Law 
League of America, the Kentucky Bar Association Senior Counselor, 
Federal Bar authorized to practice before the Supreme Court and 
authorized to practice before the US Department of Veterans Affairs. He 
opened his own law practice in 2004 and continues to actively practice 
law. Mr. Cox authored a book, ``I Love My Angel'', about his service in 
the military.
  Walter Cox is a true patriot, a great American, and an inspiration to 
us all. I am forever grateful to him and other members of the Greatest 
Generation or sacrificing and fighting to preserve the freedoms that we 
hold dear. It is my honor to recognize him on his 99th birthday before 
the United States Congress.

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