[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       HONORING ABRAHAM GRABOWSKI

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 26, 1995
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I take this 
opportunity to honor my constituent, Abraham Grabowski, who is being 
honored this week by the RAIN Eastchester Senior Center.
  Mr. Grabowski, who is 98 years young, is one of the few living 
veterans of World War I. Through his long and productive life, he has 
seen many changes and performed many good deeds. Perhaps the greatest 
of those deeds is his service in defense of freedom. This service took 
him from his home in New York to Canada, England, Egypt, and Palestine. 
He even returned to Israel is 1967 for the 50th anniversary of the 
Allenby Brigade, an all-Jewish unit that fought under British command 
to free Palestine from Turkish rule.
  Mr. Grabowski eventually settled in Co-op City, where he was an 
original tenant of building 21. His interesting stories have been a 
source of pride among his neighbors and fellow senior citizens.
  Mr. Grabowski has said he would like to return to Israel for his 
100th birthday. I am confident he will be able to make that trip, and I 
extend my best wishes and congratulations to him on behalf of my 
constituents.


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