[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 137 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


     REMINDING OUR YOUNG GENERATION THAT FREEDOM DOES NOT COME EASY

  (Mr. MONTGOMERY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, 14 Members of the House of 
Representatives went to Pearl Harbor this last week to celebrate the 
50th anniversary of the V-J victory. We were led by the gentleman from 
Arizona [Mr. Stump], chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs.
  As my colleagues know, it is good that we have these celebrations to 
remind our young generation that really freedom does not come easy at 
all. Many Americans sacrificed their lives for this country, and, Mr. 
Speaker, over 50 percent of the Americans living today and most of the 
people in this Chamber today were born after World War II. So we have 
to let them know of the problems we had back 50 years ago. Over 400,000 
young Americans, 18 and 19 years old, did not come home. We cannot 
forget them.

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