[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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         SAVANNAH PURPLE HEART VETERAN GETS HUMANITARIAN AWARD

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a very 
special constituent of mine, Tech Sergeant Enos Garvin.
  On May 2, at a Chatham County Veterans Council meeting, Sergeant 
Garvin received a long overdue Humanitarian Service Medal for his 
service in Rwanda.
  In 1994, Reverend Garvin, turned tech sergeant, volunteered with the 
Georgia Air National Guard and worked on flying missions to help 
Rwandan refugees, called Operation Support Hope. In these missions, 
Reverend Garvin flew supplies and food to many refugees in Rwanda who 
were staying in makeshift tent villages during one of the worst 
conflicts in Africa's history.
  Sergeant Garvin's service to our Nation and for a better world do not 
end with his involvement in Rwanda. He is also a Purple Heart recipient 
because of his courageous service in Vietnam. He was shot three times 
in the leg while Viet Cong troops killed his guards in the middle of 
the night and launched a surprise attack on his unit.
  I want to thank Tech Sergeant Garvin for his service and the United 
States Department of Defense for recognizing the remarkable service of 
Sergeant Garvin and the 156th Airlift Wing.

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