[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 166 (Wednesday, November 2, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1984]
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             HONORING THE WORLD WAR II VETERANS OF ILLINOIS

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 2, 2011

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the World War II veterans 
who are traveling to Washington, D.C. today with Honor Flight Chicago, 
a program who provides 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 Guardsmen 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 and women for all to see, 
hear, and recognize, and I call on my colleagues to rise and join me in 
expressing gratitude.
  Marvin Leroy Abramson, Louis Alejandre, Earl Allen, Robert Arvidson, 
Thomas Atchison, Julio A. Battistoni, Birgie Dean Bergeson, Charles S. 
Bergh, Earl F. Bishop, Stanley J. Biskup, Ralph Blattner, Marjorie H. 
Bobzin, William J. Bolt, Lloyd Bowman, Seymour Brodsky, Edward V. 
Bucaro, Norman E. Burbury, Julius Burrell, Anthony Candice, Wiliam J. 
Christian, Vernon Ciske, Guy Colletti, Irving Covitt, Louis Czyzewski, 
Robert K. Dean, Walter J. Dobosz, Edward L. Effertz, Vincent J. 
Fiduccia, Arthur E. Fossland, Paul J. Gerjol, Wilbert Gerrish, Louis 
Guthmann, Arthur J. Habel, Gerald Hastings, Roscoe Hastings, Edward C. 
Hausknecht Jr., Albert R. Heminger, Edward J. Heywood, William R. 
Higgins, Gerald Hulslander, Diderick M. Iversen, Robert Jenkins, Alfred 
Jordi Jr., Francis Kaduk, Albert Komar, John Kotowski, Robert Bernhardt 
Krueger, Walter C. Kuhn, Herbert J. Lustig, George Mahony, James E. 
McShane, William Merrill, Harold Milling, Edwin John Misniak, Charles 
W. Moffett, Aldo J. Mob, Mary C. Nolan, Fulton Nolen Sr., Joseph R. 
Pacholski, Jerome Pierce, Joseph P. Pomykala, Frank N. Popp, Frederick 
Popper, Richard Priske, Robert Prorok, Eugene G. Qualizza, John Radke, 
Fred V. Randazzo, Kenneth L. Rapalee, Raymond F. Reece, William G. 
Rieker, John L. Ritchie, Eugene V. Rodarte, Shirley Marie Roeing, 
Richard Sven Roeing, Sam A. Scardino, Louis C. Seno, Vincent James 
Serio, Lawrence Smith, Samuel Stookal, Edward Sulkowski, Clarence F. 
Talentowski, Herbert L. Tatroe, Hilbert 0. Teske, George H. Thompson, 
Gilbert T. Vinzani, George H. Vozari, Barbara Q. Watson, Harold E. 
Weir, Franklin C. Wellhausen, John P. Whitbroad, Richard Wolff, Berlin 
W. Wyman, Elmo R. Younger, Michael Yurchak, Leonard F. Zaehler, Walter 
Ziolkowski.

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