[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 68 (Tuesday, May 5, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                  CAPTAIN FRANCES GREENE--LADY WARRIOR

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Frances Greene, charter member of the 
Greatest Generation from Beaumont, Texas, joined the United States Army 
in 1941, even before Pearl Harbor.
  When World War II started, it saw the Army Nurse Corps on the front 
lines of battle. Captain Greene was stationed overseas in the hot South 
Pacific. And she clearly remembers her unit being bombed daily by 
Japanese planes.
  The 23-year-old nurse faced the war head on, and nurses like her were 
responsible for saving the lives of American soldiers and marines that 
caught the brunt end of battle. Because of these special saviors of 
soldiers, World War II had a record low post-injury mortality rate. 
Many of the injured are alive today because of Captain Greene and the 
other 59,000 wonderful women that volunteered to face the enemy in 
faraway lands.
  Mr. Speaker, at 91, Captain Greene still talks about her service to 
our country with deep patriotism and fervor. She is an amazing lady 
warrior.
  Today I am proud to know Captain Frances Greene. We should honor her 
and all the women that served in the great World War II. They defended 
our country with their valor and helped bring our wounded home to 
America when it was over, over there.
  And that's just the way it is.

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