[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 54 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E255-E256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING KEATH MORGAN

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                           HON. AUSTIN SCOTT

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 24, 2023

  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate 
the 100th birthday of a devoted patriot and civil servant in Houston 
County Georgia, Mr. Keath Morgan.
  On February l7, 1943, Mr. Morgan joined the United States Army in 
Salt Lake City, Utah. After basic training, he was sent to Fort Benning 
to attend Airborne School with the intent of becoming a paratrooper. 
Upon his completion of the program, Mr. Morgan was transferred to 
Europe and assigned to the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 
101st Airborne Division, known as the ``Screaming Eagles.''
  Mr. Morgan accompanied the 101st Airborne Division to Bastogne, the 
Battle of the Bulge, the Ruhr Campaign, and finally to the ``Eagles 
Nest,'' the site of Hitler's residence in the Alps, in Berchtesgaden.
  After his service in the 101st Airborne Division, Mr. Morgan 
transferred to the 82nd Airborne Division, serving an occupation duty 
in Austria until coming home on the Queen Mary and marching in the 
Victory Parade in New York City on January 12, 1946.
  Throughout his endeavors, Mr. Morgan served as a light machine 
gunner. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Good Conduct 
Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African Middle Eastern 
Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
  I would like to thank Mr. Morgan for his years of service to our 
community and our country. It is an honor to represent such upstanding 
constituents like him in the Eighth Congressional District of Georgia.

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