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IN HONOR OF WALTER COX
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HON. ANDY BARR
of kentucky
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Mr. BARR. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor a great American, Walter Clay Cox, Jr. Mr. Cox was born on November 9, 1922 and lives in Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Cox celebrates his 99th birthday this year.
Mr. Cox grew up in Lancaster, Kentucky. After graduating from high school in 1940, he attended the University of Kentucky. He was headed to law school when his ROTC unit was called up for basic training in 1943. He was later assigned to the U.S. Army's 3rd platoon, 70th Infantry Division. The troops were shipped out of Boston to Marseille, France. The platoon of 40 men left for the front lines on December 10, 1944, traveling in a boxcar. They arrived at the front in time for a
``real'' Christmas. Conditions were brutal in the freezing winter as the unit fought the German army in the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Cox attained the rank of Captain. He remembers well the celebration when the Germans surrendered in 1945. Mr. Cox's service continued during the occupation of Germany until May of 1946. He was recalled to active duty and served in the Judge Advocate General Corps in Korea from January 1951 to September 1952.
In 1946, Mr. Cox returned to the University of Kentucky and completed his Juris Doctorate. He served as the Police Judge in Lancaster. He was the originating and managing partner of a law practice in Lexington. For more than 50 years, he has been a member of the Commercial Law League of America, the Kentucky Bar Association Senior Counselor, Federal Bar authorized to practice before the Supreme Court and authorized to practice before the US Department of Veterans Affairs. He opened his own law practice in 2004 and continues to actively practice law. Mr. Cox authored a book, ``I Love My Angel'', about his service in the military.
Walter Cox is a true patriot, a great American, and an inspiration to us all. I am forever grateful to him and other members of the Greatest Generation or sacrificing and fighting to preserve the freedoms that we hold dear. It is my honor to recognize him on his 99th birthday before the United States Congress.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 196
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