[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 166 (Friday, October 21, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1070]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING MR. FRANK SCARFO OF THE CITY OF TORRANCE

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                           HON. MAXINE WATERS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 21, 2022

  Ms. WATERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. Frank Scarfo, a 
94-year-old U.S. Army veteran in my Congressional District who has 
quite an interesting history. Mr. Scarfo served our country as a 
counterintelligence officer based in Italy during the Korean War. In a 
little-known Army operation, Mr. Scarfo helped identify and report 
communist party operatives who were attempting to infiltrate the Army's 
leadership by working as support staff in Italy.
  Born and raised in a small coal-mining town called Norton in West 
Virginia, Mr. Scarfo was brought up speaking only Italian in his 
parent's household until the age of eight. After graduating from 
college, he registered for the draft in December 1950 and after making 
the Army aware of his fluency in Italian was sent to Fort Holabird, 
Maryland, home of the Army's Intelligence School from 1945 to 1972, 
where he was trained as a counter-intelligence officer.
  Assigned to the 7617 Military Post in Livorno, Italy, Mr. Scarfo 
served his country for two years supporting the 4th Logistical Command, 
uncovering potentially dangerous enemy operatives who were working for 
the U.S. Army in Livorno, Pizza, and Florence, Italy. The cover name 
for the operation was the ``Labor Control Detachment'' and it remains 
somewhat secretive to this day. Mr. Scarfo went on to serve for an 
additional four years in the Army Reserve, rising to the rank of 
sergeant.
  Proud of his contributions to the American occupation of Europe in 
the early 1950s, Mr. Scarfo would have continued his service in the 
Army if he didn't need to return home to West Virginia to take care of 
his ailing parents. He later moved to California and worked with space 
pioneer Wernher von Braun's operation at the Aerospace Corporation, 
which led to the successful moon landings in the late 1960s and early 
1970s.
  In honor of Frank Scarfo's participation in this little-known 
military operation in the European theater, I am pleased to bring to 
light his service to our country and thank him for a job well done.

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