[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15148-15149]
[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

                       Tuesday, November 13, 2012

  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. 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 was held on November 7, 2012, for the 
following individuals who received their high school diplomas through 
Operation Recognition:
  Edward A. Alfaro; Anthony John Amoroso; Edward Barr; Leroy Burbidge; 
Justino Castillo; Harry J. Dillon; James N. Ellis; James Albert Finch; 
Irving G. Fowler; Robert Ray Gooch, Jr.; Herb Levine; Donald George 
Marion; Marvin Odell Pace; Anastacia P. Panarites; Thomas James 
Plouffe; Michael Loren Rittenhouse; Robert Rodriguez; Edward L. Ryan; 
Robert Irwin Stover; Glenn C. Waggoner Jr.; Robert Lee Williamson; 
James Verne Olson; and Thomas Eugene Butler.

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  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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