[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12849]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      U.S. ARMY FOURTH INFANTRY DIVISION LRRP/LRP/HIGHLAND RANGERS

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 18, 2008

  Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, it is with great pride and pleasure that I 
welcome the courageous and honorable men of the U.S. Army Fourth 
Infantry Division Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, Company E 58th 
Infantry Long Range Patrol, and Company K 75th Infantry to their 40th 
Anniversary Reunion in Kansas City, Missouri. These brave men and their 
families will finally receive the honor they have deserved for so long.
  This exceptional group began in Vietnam with the 4th Infantry 
Division LRRPs formed within the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades in 1966 and 
1967. On July 5th, 1968, these LRRPs were then placed under the control 
of Captain Ruben H. Siverling, Commander of E Company 58th Infantry 
(LRP). Captain Siverling described the greatness of these brave men by 
stating: ``I have been recognized and honored for several various 
degrees of accomplishment in my journey through life. None are more 
satisfying or humbling than to have served under extreme combat as the 
last commander of E 58th (LRP) and the first commander of Company K 
75th Rangers.''
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring a very 
elite unit of U.S. Army Vietnam veterans, and to welcome them to their 
40th Anniversary Reunion. These men, like so many others, have 
sacrificed so much to protect our Nation's freedom. I congratulate them 
on their dedicated service and I humbly welcome these men and their 
families to Kansas City.

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