[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 26125]
[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

                      Wednesday, October 28, 2009

  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 November 11, 2009, for the 
following individuals who received their high school diplomas through 
Operation Recognition:
  Robert Wayne Archer, Vincent O. Arellano, Linzy Ray Banks, Frank L. 
Bernich, Charles E. Billups, Floyd J. Birch, Camillo Razo Calderon, 
Arthur A. Carvalho, Leon Chagolla, James Franklin Colvin, Harry W. 
Cutting, Raymond Ortiz Guerrero, Eugene B. Guilbert, Sr., Richard Louis 
Haller, Charles R. Hazen, Jr., Randall N. Klauk, Rodney Scott Lloyd, 
Robert Magan, Salvador Soria Murillo, Ronald Edward Pearson, Harry 
Peterson, Hubert Pierce, Si Porter, Edward A. Sandoval, Harold E. Six, 
Sr., Garey Dale Smith, Jerry E. Tidwell, Roger Jay Williams, and Eldon 
Ray Wilson.
  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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