[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2421]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE LIFE OF JOSEPH ``NORMAN'' O'CLAIR

  (Mr. POLIQUIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POLIQUIN. Mr. Speaker, one of our brave American heroes is the 
late U.S. Army Corporal Joseph O'Clair of Ashland, Maine.
  Corporal O'Clair fought for our freedom and was seriously wounded in 
the brutal month-long Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in Korea.
  In November, our congressional office presented Corporal O'Clair with 
his long-overdue Purple Heart. Sadly, Norm passed away just 2 weeks 
ago.
  Norm was a loving husband, father, and grandfather from a small town 
in Aroostook County, Maine. He and Lydia were married for more than 61 
years and raised five terrific children. After the war, Norm worked 
alongside two of his three sons at the Fournier Logging and Pinkham 
Lumber companies. He was an avid outdoorsman, a terrific woodworker, 
and a lifelong member of the VFW, Post 9699, in Ashland.
  For 240 years, patriotic Americans from small towns across this great 
country have fought for our freedoms and our way of life. Corporal Joe 
O'Clair of Ashland, Maine, was among 66,000 courageous veterans 
throughout Maine's Second Congressional District.
  Thank you, Norm, for what you have given us. Your gift will last 
forever.

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