June 3, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 92 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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HONORING WILLIAM BRODISH AND HERBERT TERNER ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF 
                                 D-DAY

  (Ms. SHERRILL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SHERRILL. Madam Speaker, this week, we will commemorate the 75th 
anniversary of D-Day, and I rise to honor two of our New Jersey 
residents who participated in Operation Overlord.
  William Brodish worked at Picatinny Arsenal for 3 years. He joined 
the Army and was assigned to the 27th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad.
  On the morning of June 6, Private Brodish landed on Omaha Beach and 
got to work removing projectiles and rockets from the shoreline. He was 
only 22-years-old when he died on the beach as a German artillery 
projectile exploded over his position.
  Herbert Terner enlisted in the Army in 1942, and on D-Day, he 
parachuted into Normandy with the 101st Airborne.
  As a radio specialist, he alerted troops of landing positions, and he 
continued to fight after D-Day in the Battle of the Bulge, and, 
eventually, helped to liberate prisoners from the concentration camps.
  I had the great honor of meeting Herb, now 98 years old and a 
resident of Montville, over Memorial Day weekend.
  Tonight, I honor William, Herbert, and all the New Jersey residents 
who put their lives on the line to defend democracy and free Europe 
from the grasp of the Nazis and totalitarianism.

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