[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF ERIC UPTAGRAFFT PARTICIPATING IN THE 2012 OLYMPICS

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 25, 2012

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
today to recognize Sgt. 1st Class Eric Uptagrafft. Eric will 
participate in the 2012 Olympics in London.
  Uptagrafft, of Phenix City, Alabama, is the rifle instructor for the 
U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. He competed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics 
finishing 30th. Uptagrafft spent seven years engineering a new rifle 
with gunsmiths and through the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit's custom 
firearms unit.
  Uptagrafft's wife, Sandra, will also be participating in the 2012 
London Olympics. The couple will celebrate their anniversary while in 
London on August 5th.
  Mr. Speaker, I offer my congratulations to Eric and best wishes to 
him and his wife in the Olympics and a happy anniversary.

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