[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 87 (Friday, May 25, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E741-E742]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       RECOGNIZING THE INSPIRING LIFE OF LUELLA WILLIAMS ELLIOTT

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                           HON. CHERI BUSTOS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 25, 2018

  Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Luella Williams 
Elliott, who lived an inspiring life serving in the United States Army 
from 1943-1945 during World War II.
  Ms . Elliott was born in 1908 in rural Stockton, Illinois. She 
enlisted in the Army in 1943 and was stationed with the Women's Army

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Corps (WAC) in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Ms. Elliott drove an Army ambulance 
and was assigned to Nichols General Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. 
She achieved the rank of Sergeant by 1945, when she left the Army. 
While Ms. Elliott was in the service, she received the WAC Service 
Medal and the WAC Good Conduct Medal.
  It is because of dedicated women such as Ms. Luella Williams Elliott 
that I am especially proud to serve Illinois' 17th Congressional 
District. Mr. Speaker, I would like to again formally honor Ms. Luella 
Williams Elliott's life and her service to this great country.

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