[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 15, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                   TRIBUTE TO THE SURVIVORS OF D-DAY

                                 ______


                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 15, 1994

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, I was privileged and honored to participate 
in a North Carolina ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 
invasion of Normandy. This moving tribute to living D-day participants 
from our area was held at the Greensboro Historical Museum in 
Greensboro, NC.
  What made this tribute so special for me was the first-person 
testimony of the surviving servicemen. Each told his story of that 
fateful day of June 6, 1944, when America and her Allies launched the 
largest military invasion in history. Each veteran who spoke at the 
Greensboro event recounted his role in the Allied victory over tyranny. 
In addition, a Greensboro woman spoke about the situation on the home 
front at the time of the invasion.
  As a Korean war era veteran, I was honored to be asked to participate 
in the ceremony which commemorated the 50th anniversary of that 
historic World War II event. On behalf of the citizens of the Sixth 
Congressional District of North Carolina, we wish to recognize the 
contributions of the local men who landed at Normandy some 50 years 
ago. We salute: Bob Benbow of Greensboro, a member of the Navy's 
landing ship tank group: Gerald Clough of Jamestown, part of the 9th 
Air Force; Archie Coleman of Greensboro, who flew in with the Army Air 
Corp's 82d Airborne Division; Frank Ellington of Eden, a member of the 
Army's 4th Infantry Division; and Weddie Huffman of Greensboro, who 
operated one of the Navy's landing ship gun positions.
  Each member of the D-day invasion gave an eyewitness account of what 
occurred in Normandy a half-century ago. Mrs. Min Klein of Greensboro 
also spoke at the commemorative program and told the audience about the 
activities and concerns back at home. Mrs. Klein and her husband 
generously opened their home to any serviceman during the war. Her 
family operated what amounted to a welcome center or USO center out of 
their Greensboro home. Her family's efforts on the home front helped 
assure victory overseas.
  Our thanks also go to Ned Harrison of Greensboro. Mr. Harrison 
coordinated and hosted the D-day commemorative program at the 
Greensboro Historical Museum. Ned, a World War II veteran himself, was 
not part of the D-day invasion, but served his country well as a member 
of the 15th Air Force.
  The citizens of the Sixth Congressional District of North Carolina 
salute the surviving members of the D-day invasion, as well as all 
veterans of World War II. We also thank the Greensboro Historical 
Museum for honoring their efforts 50 years after their tremendous 
achievement.
  


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, June 16, 1994, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JUNE 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on implementation of the Department of 
           Energy's alternative fuel vehicle and fleet programs.
                                                            SD-366
     10:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Nutrition and Investigations Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on S. 1614, authorizing funds through 
           fiscal year 1998 for programs of the Child Nutrition 
           Act and the National School Lunch Act.
                                                            SD-562
       Finance
       Deficits, Debt Management and Long Term Economic Growth 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the United States' saving 
           crisis and implications for security and long-term 
           growth.
                                                            SD-215
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Mary Ann Casey, of 
           Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, 
           Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., of Mississippi, to be 
           Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ronald E. 
           Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
           Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, and David 
           M. Ransom, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           Ambassador to the State of Bahrain.
                                                            SD-419

                                JUNE 20
     8:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings on pending nominations.
                                                            SR-332

                                JUNE 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands, National Parks and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the proposed location of 
           the Disney's America project and its potential impact 
           on the Manassas National Battlefield Park and other 
           significant historic sites in northern Virginia.
                                                            SD-366
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Courts and Administrative Practice Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 825, to amend title 28 of the 
           United States Code to permit a foreign state to be 
           subject to the jurisdiction of Federal or State courts 
           in any case involving an act of international 
           terrorism.
                                                            SD-226
     2:00 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings on pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                                JUNE 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation relating to 
           public rights of way.
                                                            SR-253

                                JUNE 23
     9:00 a.m.
       Office of Technology Assessment Board meeting, to consider 
           pending business. EF-100, Capitol
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the scientific and 
           technological basis for radon policy.
                                                            SD-366
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Lee Ann Elliott, 
           of Virginia, and Danny Lee McDonald, of Oklahoma, each 
           to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission.
                                                            SR-301
     10:30 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         To hold oversight hearings on the operations of the 
           Office of the Architect of the Capitol.
                                                            SR-301
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the 
           Central Valley Project Improvement Act and the 
           coordination of these actions with other Federal 
           protection and restoration efforts in the San Francisco 
           Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
                                                            SD-366

                                JUNE 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Energy Research and Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2104, to establish within the 
           National Laboratories of the Department of Energy a 
           national Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator 
           Fellowship Program.
                                                            SD-366

                                JUNE 29
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2120, to authorize appropriations 
           for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal 
           years 1997 through 1999.
                                                            SR-253