[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 11, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E959]
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                               MAE KRIER

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 11, 2017

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a staunch supporter 
of U.S. efforts during the Second World War, Ms. Mae Krier of 
Levittown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, across the river from my 
Congressional District in Southern New Jersey.
   After the attack on Pearl Harbor, when American men were forced to 
leave their jobs for the battlefield, Mae Krier, who was 17 years old 
at the time, courageously left home herself, and joined other women to 
work in factories that supported the U.S. military during time of 
conflict.
   Mae, her sister, and a friend worked at a Boeing plant in Seattle, 
where 17,000 B-17s and B-29s were built between 1942 and 1945.
   Mae is quoted as saying about her service to the U.S., ``Hitler 
thought American women were soft and that we could not produce because 
we were more concerned about shopping and keeping the house. We showed 
him what American women are really made of.''
   Since the 1980s, Mae Krier has stood as a symbol of women's strength 
and resolve, dispelling notions that strength and bravery are traits 
exclusive to men.
  I ask you to join me in saluting and thanking Mae Krier for her 
contributions to our country during the Second World War and her 
selflessness to provide for our country in a time of need.

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