[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 30, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E895-E896]
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, May 30, 2012

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the World War II veterans 
who traveled to Washington, D.C. on May 23, 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, 
D.C. This memorial was built to

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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 May 
23 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.
  Robert Agramonte, Anthony P. Barrett, Raymond J. Bayster, Kenneth I. 
Beardsley, Howard B. Blumenthal, William Brandfon, Robert Chapman 
Buckley, Carl C. Burgess, John W. Capron, James P. Carney, Irwin E. 
Chukerman, Otto Gabriel Chvosta, Frederick A. Coleman, John Fred 
Corradetti, Edward Cygan, William J. Darras, Francis J. Dawson, Everett 
L. Dean, David R. Denis, Elaine L. Detweiler, G. Grant Duncan, Edward 
A. DuVernay, William J. Eisler, Jr., Harris J. Enervold, Victor F. 
Erdelac, Charles P. Esposito, Raymond Farley, Clyde F. Friedman, George 
F. Gebes, Louis Joseph Giannini, Howard Gilbert, Richard D. Golden, 
Joseph H. Gondek, Robert Fred Groen, Frederick L. Hanson, Hubert K. 
Hawbecker, Edwin J. Helman, George Hewitt, Harold M. Hogueisson, James 
M. Holec, Edward J. Hollowed, Richard Casper Hoogenboom, Raymond P. 
Hynek, Julius Jackson, Albert S. Jacobson, Kenneth Jahnke, Richard J. 
Kalina, Benjamin F. Kelly, Thomas Stanley Ketcik, John H. Klingberg, 
Max Kolpas, Albert Kreitzer, Lenon Lathan, Kenneth Lawrence, William 
Leonard, Samuel David Levine, Edward F. Lobus, Emil L. Martino, Rufus 
E. Meeks, Marion Messman, Ernest P. Meszaros, Walter G. Moeller, James 
P. Moffett, Ralph Mollo, Jerome Moss, Jr., William Mossman, Robert E. 
Murray, Edward Obrochta, John Pankovich, Charles V. Parker, Michael 
Pill, Carlton Hunt Prindeville, Theodore Purvin, Raymond F. Pusczan, 
Carl M. Qualeatti, John Thomas Quinn, Louis T. Rivard, Benjamin S. 
Rosales, Edward J. Rudenga, Walter S. Rybicki, Lawrence N. Sands, Jr., 
Vaile J. Scott, Vernon P. Seiler, Marguerite K. Smith, Eli Sobat, 
George F. Soukup, Paul B. Stoxen, Richard Earl Taylor, Joseph E. 
Tierney, Fred H. Tolzien, Dennis Trettel, Harold S. Troupin, Robert G. 
Wachholz, Edward C. Williams, Jr., Joseph T. Zich.

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