[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   SUPPORT URGED FOR KOREA/VIETNAM MEMORIAL NATIONAL EDUCATION CENTER

  (Mr. McHALE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McHALE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my wholehearted 
support for the Korea/Vietnam Memorial National Education Center, now 
being created in my district of Pennsylvania.
  President John F. Kennedy once said that ``a nation reveals itself 
not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men 
it remembers''. For too long, some among us have chosen to forget about 
the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam; to push aside the sacrifices made 
on our behalf by those who served in the uniform of our country. We 
asked much of them, and gave little in return.
  We must now remember these events, and pay honor to those who made 
the sacrifices which democracy often put on those whom Lincoln called 
the ``common people''--men and women of ordinary means, but also of 
extraordinary courage and uncommon valor.
  The Korea/Vietnam Memorial National Education Center, will serve as a 
living tribute to the men and women who answered the call of their 
country, and as a lesson for those to whom we will entrust our hard-
fought peace.
  I ask that the members of this body join me in supporting this 
important memorial to our veterans, and to brave patriots from freedom-
loving countries throughout the world, who deserve no less than this 
tribute. The Korea/Vietnam Memorial National Education Center is our 
chance to let them know that they matter, and that we care.


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