[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 138 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S5986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      WORLD WAR II VETERANS VISIT

  Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, last month, 20 World War II Veterans and 3 
Korean War Veterans from the Last Frontier Chapter of the Honor Flight 
Network traveled from Alaska to Washington, DC, to visit their 
memorials on October 21. I know you will join me in recognizing these 
heroes for their service to our Nation.
  I would like to record the individual names of those who traveled 
from Alaska to be here to see the Nation's capital on October 21, 2014: 
Mr. Norman B. Bean, U.S. Army, Korean War; Mr. William R. Elam, U.S. 
Army, World War II; Mr. Henry E. Farrar, U.S. Coast Guard, World War 
II; Mr. Roy Harold Fay, U.S. Navy, World War II; Mr. Roland Henry 
Frank, U.S. Air Force, Korean War; Mr. Dewey Max Hodel, U.S. Army, 
World War II; Mr. Paul Patrick Jenkins, U.S. Army, World War II; Mr. 
Andrew Marion Johnson, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II; Mr. Arthur F. 
Jones, U.S. Air Force, World War II; Mr. Daniel K. Karmun, Army 
National Guard, World War II; Mr. Kenneth L. Krasselt, U.S. Navy, World 
War II; Ms. Vickey Malone, U.S. Navy, World War II; Mr. Henry Nosek, 
U.S. Air Force, World War II; Mr. Clyde Frank Oberg, U.S. Army, World 
War II; Mr. David C. Pratt, U.S. Air Force, World War II; Ms. Mary 
Julia Quesnel, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, World War II; Mr. John Martin 
Schwulst, U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War; Mr. Harold Walter Stover, U.S. 
Navy Construction Battalion, World War II; Mr. Jean R. Therrien, U.S. 
Army, World War II; Mr. Calvin C. Topliff, U.S. Army, World War II; Mr. 
John Lindsay Tullis, Sr., U.S. Navy, World War II; Ms. Marcella Green 
Vreeland, U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve, World War II; Mr. Henry N. 
Warren, U.S. Army, World War II.
  These veterans from Alaska join over 120,000 other veterans from 
across the country who, since 2005, have traveled to our Nation's 
capital to visit and reflect at memorials built here in their honor. 
This Honor Flight was made possible by generous public donations and 
contributions from those who wish to honor these heroes.

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