[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 11, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            178 WORDS OF FORGOTTEN HISTORY THAT MUST BE TOLD

  (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, 100 years ago, on November 11, 1918, 
the war to end all wars came to an end.
  Over 4 million American doughboys went off to fight on the 
battlefields and in the brutal trenches of Europe. Mr. Speaker, 116,000 
of America's sons and daughters were killed in combat, and 200,000 more 
were wounded.
  All the survivors of the great World War I have since died. They are 
no more. We must never forget their selfless sacrifices to make this 
world a freer place.
  Last year, our country finally broke ground in Washington, D.C., on a 
memorial to honor their service to our country. I am privileged that 
Representative Cleaver and I helped make this memorial a reality. 
Forever their sacrifice for this Nation and this world will be 
preserved in bronze and stone in the heart of this city.
  May our country never forget their sacred pledge, recited in George 
Cohan's song:

     We'll be over,
     We're coming over,
     And we won't come back,
     Till it's over, over there.

  And that is just the way it is.

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