[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1229]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO RYAN PATTON

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                          HON. MELISSA A. HART

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 8, 2006

  Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate and welcome home Ryan Patton from Iraq.
  Sergeant Ryan Patton has returned home after spending a year serving 
his country patrolling the streets of Baghdad. Sergeant Patton was part 
of the 458 Engineers Unit of the U.S. Army Reserve, and found out he 
was going to be deployed to Iraq in November 2003. After months of 
training Sergeant Patton left for Iraq in March 2004. Sergeant Patton 
left his wife and two young children to defend his country.
  Sergeant Patton has returned to his family life, and his old job as 
the assistant manager at #1 Cochran's Collision Center in Monroeville, 
Pennsylvania.
  I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to 
join me in honoring Sergeant Ryan Patton for all of his work and 
dedication to defending our country. It is an honor to represent the 
Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania and a pleasure to salute 
such a dedicated soldier like Sergeant Patton.

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