[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1902]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING COLONEL ROBERT S. CRANSTON

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                            HON. ROBERT HURT

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 27, 2013

  Mr. HURT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of World War II 
veteran and military broadcaster, and a dear friend, Colonel Robert S. 
Cranston, of Bedford County, Virginia.
  In November of 1942, Colonel Cranston signed up to serve. At 22, he 
was promoted to sergeant major of the 51st Signal Battalion and by 1943 
he was named a second lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps. He bravely 
fought in Normandy following the D-Day invasion and was later wounded 
at the Battle of the Bulge. And he served side by side with General 
Eisenhower as he commanded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  Col. Cranston dedicated his life to serving our nation and to keeping 
our troops and all Americans informed through broadcast media. Our 
community has suffered a great loss and I ask that my colleagues join 
me today in honoring the life of Col. Cranston for his selflessness, 
courage, and sacrifice and for his important role in history as a 
source of information to our men and women in uniform fighting abroad 
to defend our freedoms at home.

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