[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 28 (Thursday, February 16, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CELEBRATING THE MILITARY SERVICE OF ROBERT LUKENBAUGH

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                            HON. BRIAN BABIN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 16, 2017

  Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank a great man for his 
military service, Robert Lukenbaugh. Mr. Lukenbaugh is a 92-year-old 
veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. After graduating high 
school in 1943, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
   After basic training in San Diego, he shipped out to the Pacific 
Theatre on a transport ship stopping at Pearl Harbor before heading to 
Midway. He later returned to the Naval Hospital at Pearl Harbor to 
receive treatment for a broken leg. He left active duty in the Marines 
in 1946, but remained in the Reserves. He married his wife, the former 
Mary Etta that same year. In 1950, he was called back into the Marines 
to train troops going to Korea at Camp Pendleton. Mr. Lukenbaugh was 
honorably discharged in 1951 from the Marines and moved back to 
Oklahoma with his wife.
   Mr. Lukenbaugh worked for Union Equity Cooperative Exchange for 50 
years, 15 of which were in Oklahoma. In 1965, he and his wife moved to 
Deer Park, Texas where he continued working for Union Equity 
Cooperative Exchange for 35 more years. After retiring, the couple 
remained in Deer Park where they attend Deer Park United Methodist 
Church.
   It is a tremendous honor to represent Mr. Lukenbaugh in the U.S. 
Congress and I thank him for his selfless military service to this 
great nation.

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