[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 60 (Wednesday, April 25, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E642-E643]
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

                       Wednesday, April 25, 2012

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the World War II veterans 
who traveled to Washington, DC on April 25, 2012 with Honor Flight 
Chicago, a program that provides World War II veterans the opportunity 
to visit the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, 
DC. This memorial was built to honor their courage and service to their 
country.
  The American Veteran is one of our greatest treasures. The Soldiers, 
Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen who traveled here on 
April 25 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.
  John Abraham, Jr.; Fred Alpern; Arthur L. Barron; Elizabeth H. 
Bartolich; Philip Bartolotta; John N. Basic; Robert R. Beazley; Jerry 
S. Benesh; Francis J. Bialas; Victor N. Bonneau; Robert D. Brakley; 
Stanley A. Branauskas; LeRoy Matthias Braun; Leo B. Braun, Jr.; Francis 
Brogan; Laveryl Williams Brown; Roy V. Carlson; Gabriel A. Casalino; 
Josephine E. Chandler.
  Melvin Chesler; Melvin A. Conviser; Ned L. Crandall; Wanda Ann Cukla; 
Anthony A. Czarnowski; Harry Dandelles; Carl William Davis; Jerome 
Dribin; George Druktenis, Sr.; Melvin A. Ehlers; Forrest J. Fischer; 
William Fisher; Edward Fox; Harvey Fritz; Paul A. Genova; Charles C. 
Giovannini; Donald L. Glasgow; Joseph Goldenberg; Edward J. Gorczowski; 
Harvey Gossell.
  Nikles K. Hagopian; LeRoy J. Hankins; Howard Roy Heckmann; Arthur P. 
Heminger; Joseph Hojdik; Donald Hoskinson; John S. Houston; Colin S. 
Howat; Charles G. Hunt; David Johnson; Thomas Jundanian; Irving K. 
Kannett; Lloyd L. Keiber; Joseph A. Marthaler; John H. McCollom; Donald 
T. McCollom; Kenneth Joseph McDonough; Thomas P. McKale; Mavis L. 
McNamara; Robert E. Morin; Irene L. Mostek; Clarence O. Norman; Stanley 
T. Oboy; Robert T. Olson; Joseph Leo O'Mara, Sr.; Elijah Ostrander, 
Jr.; Joseph J. Paladino; Robert Pankau; Donald B. Patterson, Jr.; James 
D. Patton; Emanuel T. Petrakis; Veronica S. Potter; William J. 
Prindiville; Ernest M. Reynolds; Ernest E. Rittenhouse; Walter C. 
Russell; Walter Jerome Sawkiw.
  John F. Schmaling; William F. Schmidt; Melvin Schneider; Milton 
Schwartz; Harry Silver; Richard J. Small; Delmar J. Smith; Jarmila V.

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Stark; Cecil O. Swanson; Earl G. Thompson; Stanley A. Thompson, Jr.; 
Clyde A. Voigt; Bernard J. Warchol; William K. Watson; William J. 
Weldon; Fred Wolf; Myron Wolff; Donald R. Zirzow.

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