[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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            TRIBUTE TO THE DELTA CHAPTER SIGMA CHI VETERANS

 Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, today I pay tribute to the 
brothers of the Delta Chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity at the University 
of Georgia who honorably served in our Nation's Armed Forces during the 
Vietnam war.
  These men made tremendous sacrifices, leaving behind their loved ones 
and the comfort of college to serve our Nation. One of our brothers, 
Joe Laslie, gave his life.
  This weekend, members of the Delta Chapter of the Sigma Chi 
fraternity will honor the brothers who served during the Vietnam war at 
a memorial brunch. This will be a touching event, especially for the 
family of Joe Laslie.
  Joe made the ultimate sacrifice during the summer of 1968. Many of 
his close friends at school did not attend his funeral because they did 
not learn of his death until the following semester. This event will 
give us the opportunity to pay our respects.
  I am truly humbled to have had the opportunity to know these men. As 
fraternity brothers, we competed in sports and threw parties, but we 
also we built strong bonds of friendship, and learned respect and 
honor.
  I am proud of my brothers who so dutifully served our Nation. It is 
because of their dedication and sacrifice that we are able to live in a 
safe, free country.
  As a tribute, I would like their names to be etched into the 
Congressional Record for posterity:

       Kenan J. Kern
       Donald G. Charlton
       Lloyd G. Ewing
       William E. Schley
       Tom J. Jones
       G. Elliott Hagan, Jr.
       Warren A. Norman
       Steve J. Ernest
       Clyde W. Fitzgerald, Jr.
       David G. Jones
       William M. Riley
       John S. Noell, Jr.
       John A. Ewing, Jr.
       William O. McDonald
       John B. Thurman, III
       William E. Johnston
       Harris W. Sims
       Emory Lee Brinson
       Richard H. Warner
       J. Rufus Youmans
       Warren B. Taylor
       R. Daniel Weigle
       James F. Martin
       Otha C. Dent
       Richard B. Smith
       James R. Klein
       Joseph T. Laslie, Jr.*
       Martin T. Bailey
       James W. Friedewald
       William W. Bell, Jr.
       Otis L. Durham
       John Richard Owens
       Richard B. Russell, IV
       Daniel H. Bull

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