[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[HOU]
[Page 7388]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING MONTANA VETERANS

  (Mr. ZINKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ZINKE. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in honor of Montana veterans and 
all the men and women who have fallen in defense of our great Nation.
  I would like to recognize one in particular, Private 1st Class 
Nicholas Cook, from Hungry Horse, Montana, who was killed in action in 
Afghanistan. He bravely sacrificed himself to save his fellow 
paratroopers by exposing his position, providing suppressive fire. His 
valor earned him the Silver Star.
  Mr. Speaker, no veteran should ever be forgotten. Today I would like 
to also recognize the following Montana veterans for their service to 
our Nation:
  James Diqhans, Carl Nordberg, Kenneth and Christopher Bogner, George 
Lacher, Charles Pickard, Michael Kallas, James and Gary Jacobson, 
Benjamin Balducke, Nicholas Cook, Williard Purkett, James and John 
Hantz, Robert Emrick, Dennis Morkert, and Edward Kinney.
  God bless the United States, and God bless the troops that defend 
her.

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