[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 110 (Monday, July 26, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1420-E1421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN HONOR OF COLONEL GEORGE JUSKALIAN

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 26, 2010

  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Army Colonel George 
Juskalian, a constituent from Centreville, Virginia, for his dedicated 
service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He passed away on July 4, 
2010, at age 96, having served nearly 30 years on active duty.
  Colonel Juskalian was one of the most highly decorated Armenian-
American veterans to

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ever serve in the U.S. Military. He also was a member of the Armenian 
Assembly of America. He joined the United States Army in 1939 and was 
called to active duty as a first lieutenant in 1940 and served with 
distinction in World War II. He continued to serve for three decades, 
as a battalion commander in combat in the Korean War as well as a 
military adviser in the Vietnam campaign.
  He was in General Eisenhower's secretariat in the Pentagon between 
1945 and 1948 and an adviser to the Imperial Iranian Army in Tehran. He 
was captured by the Germans in Tunisia and spent 27 months in prisoner 
of war camps in Italy, Germany, and Poland. He retired with the rank of 
colonel in 1967.
  Colonel Juskalian received the Army's second highest award, known as 
``the Legion of Merit,'' for non-combat service. He also received the 
Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal, the Air 
Medal and the Parachutist Badge, and the combat Infantry Badge with a 
Star awarded for World War II and the Korean War.
  Madam Speaker, I salute Colonel Juskalian for his patriotism and 
service to our Nation and express deepest sympathy to his wife Lucine 
and family on his passing.

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