[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 163 (Wednesday, November 4, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S11113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             COLD WAR PATRIOTS NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, October 30, 2009, has been designated a 
national day of remembrance for hundreds of thousands of Americans who 
served their nation with distinction. Cold War Patriots National Day of 
Remembrance recognizes and commemorates former nuclear workers who 
built and operated our Nation's nuclear infrastructure during World War 
II and the Cold War.
  It is an honor to recognize the thousands of Ohioans--from towns and 
cities across the State--whose work helped protect our Nation during 
five decades of ideological battles against totalitarianism. With a job 
to be done and a war to win, every day for more than 50 years laborers, 
millers, and haulers exemplified Ohio's Midwestern values of hard work 
and patriotism. Factory workers, metallurgists, and scientists risked 
exposure to hazards that are unique to the production of nuclear 
weapons in order to preserve our Nation's freedom and ideals to create 
a better world for all of us.
  From the Mound laboratory in Miamisburg to the Fernald foundry near 
Cincinnati to the enrichment plant in Piketon to the more than 20 other 
sites across the State, the people of Ohio served their Nation with 
distinction, confronting threats that today we still don't completely 
understand and that their children and grandchildren continue to face. 
Many of the hardworking men and women of that generation sacrificed 
their health some lost their lives while protecting our country and our 
freedom.
  The Cold War Patriots National Day of Remembrance recognizes these 
men and women for their contribution, service, and sacrifice towards 
the defense of our great Nation.

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