[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11566-11567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             FALLEN HEROES

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                               speech of

                          HON. CHARLES F. BASS

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 2004

  Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor LCpl Peter J. ``P.J.'' Sora, 
Jr. of Londonderry, New Hampshire. He bravely served the 3rd Battalion, 
5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division as an assistant machine gunner 
and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.

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Lance Corporal Sora made the ultimate sacrifice in service to his 
country when the military vehicle he was riding in tragically rolled 
over during a training accident at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat 
Center, in Twentynine Palms, California on May 4, 2004.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring LCpl Peter J. ``P.J.'' 
Sora, Jr. and our other service men and women who have courageously 
given their own lives in order to protect and defend the democracy we 
enjoy in America and to extend the freedoms that come with democracy to 
those who live in fear and oppression worldwide.

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