[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 83 (Monday, June 27, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: June 27, 1994]
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 HONORING JAMES NORMAN HALL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES 
                         AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

                               speech of

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                            HON. NEAL SMITH

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 17, 1994

  Mr. SMITH of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I join with my good friend and 
colleague, Delegate Faleomavaega, and the entire Iowa congressional 
delegation in supporting House Concurrent Resolution 215 honoring James 
Norman Hall for his outstanding contribution to Iowa, our Nation, and 
the South Pacific.
  James Norman Hall, a native son of the State of Iowa, was born in 
Colfax in 1887 and was a decorated war hero in World War I. He was an 
adventurer and the acclaimed author of ``Mutiny on the Bounty,'' 
``Pitcairn's Island,'' and ``Hurricane.''
  In 1920, he moved to Tahiti and for over three decades his writing 
enriched the world's understanding of the South Pacific. The resolution 
quotes James Michener describing James Norman Hall as ``the most loved 
American who ever came to the tropics and that when he died, on every 
island in the Pacific were even no man could read, there was sorrow.''
  I hope you will join us as we honor this great American by passing 
this resolution.

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