[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 83 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE WORLD WAR II VETERANS OF ILLINOIS

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 27, 2010

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the World War II 
veterans from Illinois who are traveling to Washington, D.C. with Honor 
Flight Chicago, a program whose goal is to provide as many World War II 
veterans as possible the opportunity to see the World War II Memorial 
here in Washington, D.C., a memorial that was built to honor their 
courage and service.
  The American veteran is one of our greatest treasures. The Soldiers, 
Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsman traveling here today 
answered our nation's call to service during one of its greatest times 
of need. From the European Campaign to the Pacific Asian Theatre to the 
African Theater, these brave Americans risked life and limb, gave 
service and sacrificed much, all while embodying what it is to be a 
hero. We owe them more gratitude than can ever be expressed.
  I welcome these brave veterans to Washington and to their memorial. I 
am proud to submit the names of these men for all to see, hear, and 
recognize, and I call on my colleagues to rise and join me in 
expressing thanks.
  Henry Adema, Richard I. Africk, Carl S. Ames, George R. Apato, Louis 
Bakos, Ernest E. Bassi, James R. Bateman, Charles I. Battaglia, Irving 
H. Bernard, Anthony Biancardi, Sigmund A. Bogdziewicz, Leonard J. 
Borth, Raymond A. Boss Sr., Richard E. Brhel, Robert C. Bruhn, Leonard 
G. Buresh, Albert Conforti, Charles Corte, Rene Couture, Charles F. 
Cummings, Charles F. Davis Jr., Henry W. De Young, Laverne Harriett 
Dennhardt, Joe Deprizio, Edwin Drzymkowski, Richard W. Ehrhardt, George 
L. Faust, Raymond Feltes, Robert Firnbach, Stanley P. Fundanish, 
Charles C. Giglio, John A. Gillespie, Ernest S. Gregory, Richard 
Guimond, James H. Hammock, Rudy S. Hans, Herbert Leo Hay, Martha H. 
Honigman, Joseph G. Houska, Harry James Howarth, Robert Jayko, Thaddeus 
A. Jelen, John Lester Johnson, Thomas L. Kablach, Waitman Kapaldo, 
Richard A. Karst, John Kearney, Walter L. King, Clarence R. 
Kleinfelter, Thomas Kohl, Antoni L. Kozak, Milford H. Lau, James W. 
Leichti, Everell B. LeSage, Martha B. Loss, James W. Maddin, Bryan W. 
McCarty, Joseph C. Montino, Dwane E. Moss, Vernon R. Nelson, Edmund J. 
Nowiszewski, Thomas O'Neill, John H. Ortmann, Edward M. Pasierb, Phaye 
Peck, Milton W. Pick, Morris Picker, Edward S. Pietrucha, Bruno G. 
Quagliani, James S. Rosenbaum, Odean A. Rosenberg, Walter B. Rutkowski, 
Donald J. Schommer, Raymond T. Schwartz, Saul Seltzer, Robert S. Smith, 
Donald St. Hilaire, Robert J. Starzynski, Howard F. Stateman, Arthur R. 
Stratemeyer, Alvin Franklin Swenson, Lee R. Tolksdorf, Walter 
Trzesniewski, Lester S. VanDeursen, John L. Vinke, George C. Walczak, 
Clarence James Williams.

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