[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H3789-H3790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, 73 years ago, Nazi 
Germany's forces formally surrendered, marking the end of World War II 
in Europe.
  Today, we commemorate Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day. Celebrations 
erupted throughout the world on May

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8, 1945, to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe.
  From Paris to London to New York and in small towns everywhere, 
people poured into the streets to join the revelry.
  Old photos showed ticker tape parades and streamers galore, exciting 
and proud crowds were cheering the German surrender.
  The war was over in Europe, and so many American GIs would return 
home to be with their loved ones.
  It would take another 4 months and the use of two atomic bombs before 
Japan surrendered and World War II ended for good.
  Mr. Speaker, the end of the war in Europe meant an end to nearly 6 
years of war--a war that cost millions of lives; a war that destroyed 
homes, families, and cities; but a war that stamped out hatred and 
bigotry for the greater good.
  VE Day is one that shall never be forgotten.

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