[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 77 (Friday, May 11, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE DEFENSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER SUSQUEHANNA, NEW CUMBERLAND, 
                 PENNSYLVANIA, ON ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                            HON. SCOTT PERRY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 11, 2018

  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, today I'd like to honor the Defense 
Distribution Center Susquehanna, located in New Cumberland, 
Pennsylvania, on its 100th Anniversary of supporting our Nation's 
warfighting and peacekeeping forces.
  In 1817, the United States government purchased 832 acres of farmland 
and began the construction of the Marsh Run Storage Depot, located in a 
small town just outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A ribbon cutting 
ceremony took place at the depot in November of 1918. During that first 
year, the installation served as a receiving point for supplies 
returning from overseas.
  The next few years, the depot provided engineer and chemical warfare 
support and then from 1921 to 1941, the base was a quartermaster, 
ordnance, signal and medical inactive storage area. From 1941 to 1946, 
the depot served as a WWII reception center and recruit processing 
center. Then from 1945 to 1949, it was a German and Italian prisoner of 
war camp. From 1955 through 1985, Chinook helicopters were repaired and 
maintained on the depot. The depot provided an air maintenance mission 
from 1958 through 1983. During that timeframe, in 1962, the name 
changed to New Cumberland Army Depot, or NCAD. In 1991, as a result of 
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions, the depot became part of 
the Defense Logistics Agency and is now known as the Defense 
Distribution Center Susquehanna. Since 1991, the Defense Distribution 
Center Susquehanna, the largest distribution center within the 
Department of Defense, has provided military and commercial repair 
parts, medical supplies and industrial and electronic components to the 
Department of Defense in support of the warfighter.
  From the beginning of its humble history, the Defense Distribution 
Center Susquehanna has provided unwavering support to our military--
providing critical supplies needed to perform their mission. As someone 
who has served in several combat theaters, the world-class support to 
the Warfighter provided by the Defense Distribution Center Susquehanna 
was greatly appreciated by my brothers-and-sisters-in-arms. The men and 
women of this installation, past and present, should be justifiably 
proud of their role in sustaining our Nation's military readiness.
  It's with great pride, on behalf of Pennsylvania's Fourth 
Congressional District, that I congratulate the men and women of the 
Defense Distribution Center Susquehanna for 100 years of dedicated 
service to the United States of America.

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