[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15253]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ACKNOWLEDGING THE PARKER FAMILY FOR THEIR SACRIFICES DURING WORLD WAR 
                                   II

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 29, 2005

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
acknowledge Chas and Effie Parker of Westfield, FL, who had five sons 
in World War II: Samuel, Leon, John, Lewis, and Chas Jr. Their three 
daughters, Cleta, Nita, and Marquerite, and other son, Alan Parker, 
remained in the U.S. For their accomplishments the Parkers received a 
Blue Banner with five blue stars. After the war all five sons returned 
home safely. They lived out the American dream and made a home, a 
family and life in the country they loved.
  The millions of young Americans, like the Parkers and their sons, 
pulled the U.S. out of a Great Depression. They defeated fascism and 
saved the world from the threat of Nazi occupation of Europe. Without 
their help, America would not have had victory during World War II.
  In a letter to the mother of five men who died during the Civil War, 
Abraham Lincoln wrote, ``I feel how fruitless must be any words of mine 
which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so 
overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the 
consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died 
to save.''
  I thank the Parkers for their sacrifices during World War II, which 
helped preserve the freedom Americans enjoy. The Parkers are a model 
American family, a family I am proud to call constituents.

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