[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  POSTAL SERVICE HONORS AMERICAN WARRIORS FROM WORLD WAR I WITH A NEW 
                       STAMP ``TURNED THE TIDE''

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the United States made the critical 
difference in the war to end all wars, World War I.
  The American doughboys turned the tide to victory in favor of the 
Allies in 1918, but victory was costly. More Americans gave their lives 
in the hellish trench warfare than in the wars of Korea and Vietnam 
combined.
  Now, 100 years later, Americans will be reminded of the courage and 
sacrifice of our doughboys with each letter they write. At the end of 
this month, the United States Postal Service will release a new stamp 
commemorating the 100th anniversary of American victory in World War I.
  The stamp depicts a soldier of the American Expeditionary Force, one 
of 4 million young men who answered our Nation's call to ``go over 
there.'' As George Cohan wrote: ``They didn't come back till it was 
over, over there.''
  Mr. Speaker, this stamp serves to honor the millions of doughboys who 
fought during the Great War, because the worst casualty of war is to be 
forgotten.
  And that is just the way it is.

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