[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17027-17028]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO THE MEMBERS OF ALPHA BATTERY FORWARD, FIRST 
  BATTALION, 109TH FIELD ARTILLERY DIVISION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ARMY 
                             NATIONAL GUARD

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 21, 2005

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to the 124 
members of the Alpha Battery Forward of the First Battalion of the 
109th Field Artillery, based in Kingston, Pennsylvania, who have 
returned after service in Iraq.
  We welcome home our brave soldiers with gratitude for their 
selflessness. During times of war, it is important that we realize the 
sacrifices our troops endure. Through voluntary military service, 
Americans proudly uphold ideals, consistently emerge as leaders and 
valiantly ensure democracy.
  The Alpha Battery consists of: Jean Luc Robert Adams, Thomas Charles 
Albanese, James Robert Albright, Kevin Francis Armitage, Tyler Scott 
Barnes III, Bernard Alfred Barry III, Jason John Bedew, John Willard 
Bedew, John A. Bilski, Jarrad J. Bogaski, Craig Joseph Bondra, Charles 
Earl Boyer;
  Donald Brenner, Frank Donald Brizgint Jr., Andrew Khareme Brown Jr., 
Nikolas James Butrej, David Wayne Butz, Robert Leo Charnichko, Stephen 
Nicholas Chronowski, Nicholas Anthony Cipriani, Kevin Jeffrey Clocker, 
Michael Thomas Collis, Richard John Colorusso, James Randall Conley, 
James Henry Crawn, John Daniel Crispell, William Patrick Cunningham, 
Erik Lee Daniels, Robert Darin Davis, Brian Lee Deats, Steven Eugene 
Deininger, Anthony Delgiudice, Anthony Joseph Derosia, Timothy James 
Dickson, Matthew Christopher Dohman, David Russell Duke Jr.;
  Cory Alfred Dumont, Rodney Everett Durant Jr., Anthony Thomas Eddy, 
Matthew Charles Eddy, Jason Daniel Ellis, Jeremy Edward Endrusick, 
William Andrew Eppley, Gomez Juan Francis Fernandez, Timothy James 
Finley, James Carl Fisher, Hando David Galutia, Michael Brian Gifford, 
Daniel Robert Giniewski, Steven Frederick Griffiths, William Robert 
Grosz Jr., Charles David Gundrum, James Allie Harper III, Pierce Samuel 
Heffner, Sean Michael Hess, Joseph Patrick Hogan Jr.;
  Eric Ronald Holzman, James Jesse Hoskins, Ian Charles Hughes, Michael 
Huntzinger, Michael Joseph Jeziorski, Gerald Wayne Johnson II, Dylan 
Stewart Jones, Richard Michael Jones, Christopher Kashi, Matthew Thomas 
Kearns, Peter Scott Kelchner, Avery Reed Kessler, Sean Paul Kilbourn, 
Joshua Boyd Kimmins, Ronald Joseph Knorr Jr., William Lawrence Koepke 
Jr., Paul Anthony Konschnik;
  Mark Steven Kozen, David James Krzak, Jeffrey Anthony Kwiecien, 
Joshua James Lake, Sean Michael Lehman, Colin Michael Liput, James 
Edwards Mason II, Jeffrey Charles Mead, Michael Carmine Meloro, Heath 
Adam Middaugh, Dominic Michael Nardelli, Ronald Otto Neher Jr., Jed 
Joseph

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Nolan, Matthew Brent Noll, Adam Charles Olisewski, John David Oros, 
Keith Leon Paller, Jason Palmer, Joseph Michael Perrins, Robert Richard 
Perrins, Robert A. Pissott Jr., Charles William Plantamura, Brian 
Douglas Powell, Richard Lee Herman Price II, Mark Anthony Robinson, 
Anthony Jason Rodriguez, Donald Paul Rorick Jr.;
  William Roy Ross Jr., Edward Arnold Rowell, Walter Charles Rudaski 
Sr., Joseph Andrew Ruotolo, Scott Allen Seelye Sr., Robert Daniel 
Senchak, Erik William Shaw, Jeremy Paul Shuman, Gordon Alan Simerson, 
Robert J. Slovik, Andrew Sromovski, Bret Joseph Stemrich, James Reeves 
Stokes, Brian Patrick Turlip, Jarret Paul Tuttle, Jason Francis 
Veneziale, Victor Verdekal, Randy Joseph Wagner, Charles A. Williams, 
Geoffrey Michael Williams, Lawrence Michael Wolfe, Michael Anthony 
Yuscavage, Vincent Roger Zardus, and Daniel Joseph Zyskowski.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me in thanking these soldiers for 
their courage and love of country. It is truly an honor to serve them 
in the United States Congress. Please join me in welcoming these fine 
Americans home.

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