[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY'S RECIPIENTS OF OPERATION RECOGNITION

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 10, 2007

  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
a group of individuals--heroes--who are receiving the recognition and 
honor they deserve for their service to our country. Operation 
Recognition is operated by the Riverside County Office of Education 
with assistance from the Riverside County Department of Veterans' 
Services. The program awards high school diplomas to veterans who 
missed completing high school due to military service in World War II, 
the Korean War, or the Vietnam War, or due to internment in WWII 
Japanese-American relocation camps.
  A recognition ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, for 
the following individuals who received their high school diplomas 
through Operation Recognition: David Gregory Aguilera, Benjamin Alcala, 
Walter Morton Anderson, John Angelo Jr., Ronnie D. Archer, William 
Armstrong, Luis Velos Aviles Sr., Herb Bacon, Thomas Louis Baier, David 
H. Bartash, Paul W. Bennett, Ronald C. Bissey, Alec Carson Boatman, 
David A. Bravo, William A. Bray, Aaron E. Bulin, James Elroy Butler, 
Robert Lee Chaffin, Arthur Charton, Israel Chavez, Gordon Michael Cody, 
Doyle L. Conklin, Ezra L. Craycraft, Donald Edward Davis, Moses F. 
Diaz, Howard Ellis, Scott Leslie Faust, John P. Flanagan, Frederick 
Lopez, Frank Garces, Benjamin Garcia, Robert George Greene, Patrick Roy 
Guaydacan, Gordon LeRoy Hall, Charles R. Hansen, Allen Hartley, William 
R. Haskin, Jimmy L. Henry, Arthur F. Hill, Ramon D. Holguin, Jerome 
Stephen Huggins, Barney M. Jensen, William Johnson, William L. Klaasen, 
Robert L. Knechtel, Edward Knight, Lonnie L. Lambeth, Joseph A. Landry, 
George Jefferson Lawrence Jr., Richard S. Leivas, August J. Liberino, 
Thomas John Martin, William Maycock Sr., Walter Maykulsky, Ray George 
McClintock, Eleuterio E. Medina, Forrest Leroy Mitchell, Frank R. 
Montejano, Curtis L. Murphy, William J. Murray, Jack I. Odell, Donald 
E. Pechous, Donald Edward Pedersen, Donald R. Phillips, Jerome Kern 
Pittman, John T.R. Pollock, John Puz, Walter S. Pynn, Gilberto Ramos, 
Rex Lee Reed, Richard M. Rego, Russell William Reichert, Alexander 
``A'' Reyes, Raymond F. Reyes, William Leonard Robey, Juan M. 
Rodriguez, Luis Alfredo Rosado, Leo Marty Schlocker, Ernest George 
Schrader, Donald Clifford Secory, Robert Lewis Smith, Cecil T. Spires, 
Ronald Stiff, Steve P. Stone, John W. Swanson, Thomas Joseph Tarpai, 
Anthony R. Travers, David Scott VanNyhuis, Ralph Watkins, Michael L. 
Weir, Alvin Wilkiewicz, Donald Wohlt and Saturnino James Zabala.
  Our country owes a debt of gratitude to all the above recipients for 
their service and sacrifice. I salute all the above individuals and 
congratulate them on receiving their high school diploma.

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