[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5001-S5002]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO JACKSON WILLIAM ``J.W.'' STINE

 Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, today I would like to acknowledge 
and honor Jackson William ``J.W.'' Stine on his 100th birthday. Mr. 
Stine is a longtime businessman and World War II veteran combat pilot 
who has served the State of Louisiana for many years.
  Mr. Stine was born to Sulphur residents Andrew and Elma Stine on July 
22, 1918. He attended Normal College--today Northwestern State 
University--and went on to marry his high school sweetheart, Doris 
``Dee Dee'' Drost on January 14, 1944. They remained married for 67 
years until Dee Dee passed away in 2011. Together they raised seven 
children, and today, they have 31 grandchildren and 71 great-
grandchildren.
  J.W. joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1944. Captain Stine flew over 
40 combat missions as a pilot of a B-26 aircraft over Germany, Italy, 
and France. He flew the B-26 Marauder in the 17th Bombardment Group. 
J.W., with the 17th Bombardment Group, and conducted bombing missions 
against critical targets throughout the Mediterranean, Italy, France, 
and Germany. It received the Distinguished Unit Citation, DUC, for its 
support of the Anzio invasion and another for its outstanding 
performance over Schweinfurt. For operations in support the invasion of 
France, it received the French Croix de Guerre with Palm.
  J.W. and his best friend, J.C. Carlin, opened a construction company 
in Sulphur after World War II and then a

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lumber company to supply the construction company which was called 
Starlin Lumber. He eventually bought out J.C.'s share and changed the 
name in 1973 to Stine Lumber.
  J.W. instilled the core values of faith. family, and community in his 
seven children. He is a proud father of a nationally known artist, a 
colonel in the Air Force, a captain in the National Guard, two former 
Louisiana State legislators, a former Sulphur City councilman, a former 
Louisiana commissioner of administration, past president of Greater 
Beauregard Chamber of Commerce, past McNeese State University 
Foundation president, past chairman of the Boy Scouts of America 
Calcasieu Area Council, past chairman of the Council for A Better 
Louisiana, a current member of the Christus Health System Board, and 
current chairman of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
  On July 22, 2018, J.W. Stine will celebrate his 100th birthday. I and 
my fellow Louisianans are proud of his accomplishments and the positive 
impact that he has had on our state. He fought for our Nation, raised 
an incredible family, and started a successful business. He has truly 
lived out the American Dream.

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