[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 30447]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING SAMUEL FISHER FOR HIS HEROIC SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 19, 2003

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my constituent, Samuel 
Fisher, for his heroic service in World War II. As a rifleman with 
Company B, 49th Armored Infantry Battalion, Eighth Armored Division he 
helped participate in the final drive of the American and Allied armies 
that drove the Nazis from France and ended Hitler's rule over Germany. 
He, and the other brave soldiers of the 49th Armored Infantry, were 
instrumental in capturing the Ruhr Valley, the center of the German 
armament industry. By capturing the Ruhr, they deprived the Nazis of 
the weapons they had used for so long to bring oppression and death 
across Europe. I am proud to represent Samuel Fisher, and so many other 
American heroes from the Second World War, and urge this House to join 
me in thanking Samuel Fisher and all World War II veterans for saving 
our country, and the world, from fascism.

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