[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO RETIRED SERGEANT HENRY SALAZAR

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                           HON. JAY OBERNOLTE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 28, 2022

  Mr. OBERNOLTE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Sergeant Henry 
Salazar. Sergeant Salazar lives in Highland, California and served our 
country faithfully during the Vietnam War.
  Sergeant Salazar began his army career on June 8, 1966, when he 
enrolled for basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. After 
completing basic training, be was sent to Huntsville, Alabama for 
missile base training where he specialized in ammunition. Sergeant 
Salazar then traveled to Fort Benning, Georgia for paratrooper school 
after which he was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. Sergeant 
Salazar was sent to Vietnam in November 1967 on Thanksgiving Day and 
was stationed at such notable locations as Bien Hoa Village, Phuc Vinh, 
and Nam Hai.
  I am honored to recognize Sergeant Salazar's incredible career, and 
to welcome him home during his visit to Washington, DC as all Vietnam 
veterans should have been decades ago. Our veterans have earned our 
undying gratitude and their heroic service to our country will never be 
forgotten, I wish Sergeant Salazar a safe and memorable trip to our 
nation's capital and thank him again for his dedicated service.

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