,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november 
#ah1 #bjad ,mr4 ,mc,cain submitted the  
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,armed ,services  
,,resolution  ,honoring the life and    
service of the late ,staff ,sergeant    
,robert ,henry ,anderson4  ,whereas     
throughout his life1 ,staff ,sergeant   
,robert ,henry ,anderson distinguished  
himself in each field in which he       
entered2 ,whereas in the military1      
,staff ,sergeant ,robert ,henry         
,anderson was a decorated               
non-commissioned officer in the ,united 
,states ,army during ,world ,war ,,ii1  
earning #b ,bronze ,star ,medals1 #b    
,presidential ,unit ,citations1 the     
,purple ,heart1 and various campaign    
ribbons2 ,whereas prior to entering     
military service1 ,staff ,sergeant      
,robert ,henry ,anderson placed his     
education on hold to work full-time to  
support his family in ,cleveland1 ,ohio2

 ,whereas drafted into the military at  
the age of #ai1 ,staff ,sergeant ,robert
 ,henry ,anderson originally enlisted as
 a paratrooper1 preparing to parachute  
behind enemy lines in ,germany and all  
over ,europe2 ,whereas ,staff ,sergeant 
,robert ,henry ,anderson saw the        
desperate need for medical assistance in
 combat and volunteered to join the     
,united ,states ,army ,ambulance        
,service as a combat medic2 ,whereas    
,staff ,sergeant ,robert ,henry         
,anderson was a valuable member of the  
fighting force1 responsible for         
providing first aid and frontline trauma
 care on the battlefield2 ,whereas      
combat medics were unsung heroes of     
,world ,war ,,ii1 as they were embedded 
among infantrymen1 faced the enemy      
unarmed1 and relied on the aid of       
comrades to keep them safe2 ,whereas as 
a combat medic1 ,staff ,sergeant ,robert
 ,henry ,anderson helped countless      
soldiers1 while dodging exploding mines1
 nearly getting run over by ,german     

tanks1 and evading enemy fire2 ,whereas 
based on his performance as a combat    
medic1 at the end of ,world ,war ,,ii1  
the ,united ,states ,army offered to    
help pay his way through medical school2
 ,whereas ,staff ,sergeant ,robert      
,henry ,anderson earned a bachelor's    
degree from ,baldwin ,wallace           
,university1 in ,berea1 ,ohio2 ,whereas 
at the conclusion of his time in        
service1 ,staff ,sergeant ,robert ,henry
 ,anderson returned to ,cleveland and   
honorably served as a plumber for the   
,department of ,public ,works and as a  
valued member of the ,journeymen        
,plumbers ,union1 ,local #ee2 ,whereas  
,staff ,sergeant ,robert ,henry         
,anderson is the pride of his family1   
which includes his parents1 ,otto and   
,sarah1 his brothers1 ,alan1 ,wayne1 and
 ,leonard1 his late wife of more than   
#fj years1 ,virginia1 their son1 ,robert
 ,c4 ,anderson1 and a large and loving  
extended family2 ,whereas ,staff        
,sergeant ,robert ,henry ,anderson      

passed away on ,november #ae1 #bjad1 in 
,arizona1 and his death is a major loss 
to his family1 the ,grand ,canyon       
,state1 and the ,united ,states2 and    
,whereas the life and legacy of ,staff  
,sergeant ,robert ,henry ,anderson are  
an immense credit to his family and the 
cities of ,cleveland and ,mesa and      
typify the heroes of the ,greatest      
,generation3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 honors and     
salutes the decades of service of ,staff
 ,sergeant ,robert ,henry ,anderson to  
the people of the ,united ,states2  7#b7
 acknowledges the contributions of      
,staff ,sergeant ,robert ,henry         
,anderson as a paratrooper1 combat      
medic1 plumber1 husband1 father1 and    
family member2 and  7#c7 extends        
appreciation to the family of ,staff    
,sergeant ,robert ,henry ,anderson1 in  
recognition of his role as a model of   
lifetime service to a grateful community
 and ,nation4