[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14464]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING THE INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD'S 1313TH ENGINEER COMPANY WHO WILL 
                       SOON BE DEPLOYING TO IRAQ

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                           HON. BARON P. HILL

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 9, 2009

  Mr. HILL. Madam Speaker, today, I would like to pay honor to the 
Indiana National Guard's 1313th Engineer Company, who will be deploying 
to Iraq in July and spending the next year there. These brave citizen 
soldiers, based out of Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, IN, will be 
conducting a wide range of engineering missions in support of Operation 
Iraqi Freedom; including searching for improvised explosive devices, 
building roads and bridges, and, in general, improving lives to both 
our service personnel in Iraq and Iraqi civilians.
  I am confident that their skilled work and dedication to duty will 
save lives, improve conditions in Iraq, and ultimately work toward the 
completion of our country's mission in Iraq.
  I would also like to honor the families of these Guardsmen, who 
without their love and support, would make this already difficult task 
that much more challenging. They too share in the hardships of military 
service, and they too deserve our utmost thanks and respect.
  These brave Hoosier Guardsmen and their families will be in my 
thoughts and prayers.

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