[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 26, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN RECOGNITION OF MR. DONALD ``MAC'' McLAUGHLIN

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                            HON. JOEL HEFLEY

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 26, 2002

  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Donald ``Mac'' 
McLaughlin. After 61 years of service to his country, Mr. McLaughlin is 
retiring.
  He began his career in 1940 as a cadre in the 10th Mountain Division 
at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs. He went on to become a member of 
the 82nd Airborne Division and a parachute jumper for the regimented 
combat team. After a combat jump in Holland in 1943 and the end of 
World War II in 1945, he returned home. Mr. McLaughlin separated from 
the Army that year and began his service with the Air Force in food 
services.
  Twenty-six years later, Mr. McLaughlin retired from active duty as a 
chief master sergeant, but his service to our Nation did not end there. 
He was hired by the Air Force Academy athletic department as a 
concessions manager where he devoted many long hours to ensure that 
Falcon Stadium and its patrons were accommodated.
  This man knows the true meaning of service to his country and I am 
proud to have him as a constituent. I congratulate him on his long and 
rewarding career and wish him well as he enters retirement.

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