[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING SEAN MANNION

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 24, 1998

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in praise of a man who came 
to the United States from Ireland and has in every way made his adopted 
country a better place for his coming.
  Sean Mannion is being honored by his colleagues in the Riverdale Post 
of the American Legion for his four years of service as Commander of 
the Post.
  Sean came to us from County Mayo in 1958. He served his new country 
in the army as a combat engineer from 1960 to 1962 in Camp McCoy, 
Wisconsin, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and 
Fort Dix, New Jersey, seeing more of the United States than most 
citizens born here. He was on a ship heading towards Cuba during that 
missile crisis when the Soviet ships pulled back
  Sean's wife of almost 30 years, Marion, also comes from County Mayo. 
They have two children, Sean Jr. and Aundree. Sean and his family live 
in Riverdale where he has become part of the fabric of the community. 
At Saint Gabriel's Church he is a eucharistic minister and for ten 
years he has served on the Parish Council. He also gives his time to 
the Concourse House where he helps the homeless and the destitute.
  Next year Sean will serve as County Commander of the American Legion 
in the Bronx. If the United States were to place ads for immigrants, 
Sean is the kind of person we would want to apply. He brings a sense of 
service, of giving, and of helping others.
  I am proud to stand for him today for he epitomizes what America is 
and how its immigrants have made this country great.

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