[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 103 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ABRAHAM GRABOWSKY

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 11, 1996

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I am proud today to honor a constituent who 
has contributed so much to the United States, to Israel, indeed to 
freedom throughout the world through his actions. Abraham Grabowsky is 
celebrating his 100th birthday in New York, having come from Poland 
through Texas, Michigan to Palestine, where he served in the Allenby 
Brigade in World War I. He is the only survivor of that famous unit, 
which was formed to liberate Palestine from the Turkish Empire. His 
recollection of Tel Aviv in that time was of a village of ``two or 
three buildings'' surrounded by desert.
  On his return from Palestine, he worked throughout the western United 
States before he ``decided I missed New York.'' He settled in the city, 
married and raised a family. He fought for Israel 30 years before it 
existed. I am proud to honor him and to have him as a neighbor and to 
wish him the very best on his 100th birthday.

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