[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 95 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E896]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THANKING VIRGIL JULIOT FOR HIS SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II

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                           HON. CHERI BUSTOS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 15, 2015

  Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Reverend Virgil 
Juliot of Geneseo for his brave service in the United States Army Air 
Corps during World War II.
   At 18 years old, Mr. Juliot enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He 
served the Army Air Corps for three years during World War II, from 
1943 to 1946, as a navigator on a B-29 aircraft with the 313th Wing of 
the 9th Bomb Group in the Pacific Theater. He was stationed on the 
Island of Tinian, which is part of the Mariana Islands and home to the 
world's largest air field. Mr. Juliot completed his service with the 
rank of First Lieutenant.
   In May, Mr. Juliot celebrated his 60th wedding anniversary with his 
wife, Marilyn. He has been blessed with five children, 12 
grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren and active in a wide range of 
church and community organizations across the country. Additionally, 
Mr. Juliot has had the distinction of receiving a master Gardener 
Certificate.
   Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Mr. Juliot once again for his 
outstanding service to our nation during World War II and his dedicated 
service to communities across the country over the past decades. I wish 
him, and his family, nothing but the very best going forward.

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