[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 103 (Wednesday, July 11, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1226]
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, July 11, 2012

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the World War II veterans 
who traveled to Washington, DC, on July 11, 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 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 July 
11 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.
  Russell J. Abbott, Elizabeth M. Adamo, Kenneth H. Amdall, William B. 
Barnard, Philip Basic, Marvin D. Berns, Joseph A. Berttucci, Forest 
Black, Edward N. Boersma, Robert Bourdage, John A. Brodinski, Michael 
P. Cernyar, Leonard E. Chapp, Bernard J. Chesner, Daniel L. Chorney, 
Raymond E. Crotty, John A. Deora, Xenophon Doudalis, Robert C. Ellis, 
David Epstein, E. John Faassen, Natale Fazio, Peter A. Ferro, Ruthe C. 
Foster, Walter C. Gardynski, August Genge, Jr., Owen Gillespie, Helmuth 
Goering, Kent Goldbranson, W. Leonard Gregory, Lad Gregurich, John F. 
Gruber, Lewis Hague, Rueben W. Helander, Raymond F. Henders, James H. 
Hurley, Howard J. Jacklin, William N. Johnson, Raymond G. Kapinus, 
Edward Kelby, Vette E. Kell, Arthur M. Koblish, Ronald E. Kregel, 
Sophie E. Kulaga, James Lamont, Donald L. Lawler, Richard H. 
Leadbetter, Albert Lee, Howard D. Levinson, Philip J. LoMonaco, Louis 
Lowy, Raymond Lowy, Teddy A. Madej, Alvin B. Manheim, Randall E. 
McMinn, Eugene S. Mikos, John R. Minerick, Salvatore Morello, William 
R. Morrow, Glen E. Nelson, Henry L. Offerman, Edwin Ogonowski, Arthur 
Olsen, Calvin Parmele, Myron Petrakis, Raymond Anthony Pfeifer, Martin 
A. Poenisch, Daniel C. Reese, Amos John Roberts, John Patrick Roche, 
Ray Rooney, Frederick Rosenow, Eugene H. Seibert, Richard A. Siver, 
Donald E. Skelton, Charles A. Smith, Ora L. Smith, Richard L. 
Soderlund, Thomas E. Sullivan, Arthur R. Tessmann, Jasper C. Tromp, 
William John Unger, Jack Vollriede, Owen F. Wagener, Harry R. Warren, 
Joseph G. Wegrzyn, Oddie Wiley, Raymond A. Wilke, Ferguson L. Willis, 
William Fred Wilson, William F. Wolf, Arthur W. Youngberg.

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