[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               MAY BRILL

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 6, 2017

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor United States Army 
and Coast Guard veteran, Mrs. May Brill of Camden in New Jersey's First 
Congressional District.
   May Brill was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1924. After her 
two brothers enlisted, wanting to show her patriotism Brill enlisted at 
the age of 20, she became a part of the supply core in a division of 
the U.S. Navy known as W.A.V.E.S. Women Accepted for Volunteer 
Emergency Service.
   Sent to Hunter College in the Bronx, New York for basic training 
where women were trained with the same Advanced Individual Training as 
men, Mrs. Brill was selected to receive additional training at the U.S. 
Naval Training School in Georgia State College for Women located in 
Milledgeville, GA. It was here May learned the specialized skills for 
her military duties in the supply core.
   Mrs. Brill ended up stationed in Oakland, California. She started 
off ranked as a Seamen Third Class, the lowest rank in the Navy, but 
worked her way up five ranks to become a Storekeeper Second Class.
   Her duties were to procure equipment, tools, medical supplies, and 
consumable goods to ship off to supply the ships and bases in the 
Pacific.
   Currently, Mrs. Brill is very active as an advocate for Veterans and 
women in the military, she currently serves as: Senior vice Commander 
of the Jewish War Veterans Post 126, New Jersey Chairperson of ``Women 
in the Military'' Chairperson for the New Jersey Veterans Memorial 
Home.
   Additionally, she has four daughters, nine grandchildren, and one 
great-granddaughter. She wishes for less war and more peaceful times 
for the future.
   Mrs. Brill is an honorable American, having served our great nation 
in a time of war, and merits our collective appreciation.
   I ask you to join me in saluting and thanking May Brill for her 
service to our country and her ongoing commitment to our nation's 
veterans.

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