[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 80 (Thursday, May 15, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E951]
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                           VOLUSIA HONOR AIR

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. JOHN L. MICA

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 15, 2008

  Mr. MICA. Madam Speaker, on Saturday, May 17, 2008, 102 Volusia 
County veterans from the Second World War will visit our Nations 
Capital as part of the Honor Air program. For each of these central 
Florida veterans this will be their first opportunity to see the World 
War II Memorial. As the Congressman from Florida's Seventh 
Congressional District, it will be my privilege to assist in their 
visit. As part of their mission to Washington, DC, I will join them in 
laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington 
National Cemetery to honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice 
for our Nation. This will be a special occasion in the lives of our 
World War II veterans. It will be my pleasure to welcome the first 
Honor Air visit from central Florida. I ask that the United States 
House of Representatives join me in recognizing Our Greatest Generation 
from Florida's Seventh Congressional District and wish them well as 
they gather in America's Capital City.
  It is my privilege to honor the service and sacrifice of those 
veterans who will be visiting our Nation's Capital on May 17, 2008:

       Berkley E. Adams; Robert W. Anderson; Melvin Arnold; Frank 
     R. Balzer; George A. Bass; Jacob R. Beard, Jr.; Edwin L. 
     Best; Vernon B. Bly; Imon F. Boarman; Alfred G. Boykin; 
     Melvin Burgess; Kenneth P. Burnette, Jr.; Lewis H. Buzzell, 
     Jr.; James Callahan; Charles Carafano; Duncan S. Chamberlin; 
     John F. Cheney.
       Lawrence E. Cheshire; Ralph H. Chesser; Francis H. Clifton; 
     Odbert H. Cornwell; Edmund D. Covington, Jr.; Otis R. 
     Daniels; William J. Dreggors, Jr.; Ernest S. Eckhardt; H. 
     Leslie Ferrell; Charles Finlayson; Jack F. Fortes; Kenneth E. 
     Fowler; Richard B. Fuquay; Homer Goff; Richard A. Gray; David 
     F. Greenawalt; H.L. Guthrie; Hayden K. Hale.
       Dorothy E. Halevy; Georgene E. Hall; Chester V. Hamilton; 
     Edward M. Hampton; Edward L. Herendeen; Wayne Holby; George 
     R. Holden; Paul Hornbaker; Lawrence J. Hubbard; Vera L. 
     Hubler; Russell W. Hunt; Daniel Jarczynski; Eddie Jenkins; 
     Erling Johnson; Irving Kelton; Joseph R. Killeen; Jess 
     Knight; John A. Konrad III.
       Claude G. Labranche; Edwin L. Lazarus; Ernest Lee; William 
     F. Litke; Richard Macak; Robert B. Marriett; Evelyn Mazurak; 
     Clifford E. McCalley; William R. McKenzie; Evert Mills; Max 
     W. Minear; Frank R. Nicolo; Chester W. Nixon.
       John C. Nuttall; William Orr; Robert L. Orwig; Priscilla I. 
     Pagano; Charles Paiva; Earle H. Palmer; Harold Parson; 
     William F. Patterson; Harold N. Pelton; Robert F. Pennington.
       Edward J. Perry; Omar Pritchett; James P. Ragan; John 
     Rokop; John K. Ross; Sam Roth; James E. Sankey; John A. 
     Seeders; Bill W. Sharp; Richard A. Shaw; Phillip Sheak; 
     Leonard Slater; Margaret E. Snowdon; Stephen M. Straight; 
     Robert V. Talley; Margaret S. Terbeek; Angelo Todarello; John 
     C. Toenjes; George V. Tucker; Alexander B. Veech, Jr. Gordon 
     L. Ward; Richard H. Westervelt; Delmar E. Whipple; Donald W. 
     Whynot; John W. Williams.

  I know I join countless Americans who continue to recognize their 
heroism and their families' incredible sacrifice to our Nation.