[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING JACOB JOSEPH ON HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                      HON. BRADLEY SCOTT SCHNEIDER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 19, 2019

  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Jacob 
Joseph, a World War II veteran and member of the greatest generation, 
ahead of his 100th birthday, which he will celebrate on April 3.
  Mr. Joseph grew up in Knox, Indiana as one of five children. At age 
17 he moved to Chicago and took a job working the soda fountain in the 
lobby of the Hotel Sherman, where he met an Army Lieutenant who 
encouraged him to enlist.
  Mr. Joseph completed his basic training at Fort Sheridan in the Tenth 
District, and then was stationed in North Carolina and New York before 
shipping out to Europe. He served in the Seventh Army, which was the 
first U.S. field army to experience combat in World War II, as a Staff 
Sergeant in the 682nd Ordinance Ammunition unit. The Seventh advanced 
over 1,000 miles in nine months of continuous fighting, capturing 
Palermo and Messina, and liberating Marseilles and other cities during 
the course of the War.
  Joseph worked supplying food to the armed forces. He received several 
awards for his service, including the Bronze Service Arrowhead and a 
Good Conduct Medal.
  After the war ended, Mr. Joseph returned to Indiana and soon married 
his late wife, Beatrice. The couple then moved to Chicago, where they 
opened ``Jake's,'' an innovative burger joint on Armitage Avenue. 
``Jake's'' became a hometown favorite, and Mr. Joseph opened several 
other locations in the Chicago-land area and in the Tenth District, as 
well as launched a retail line of frozen foods.
  Eventually, Mr. Joseph and his wife moved to Northbrook to raise 
their two children. In Northbrook, Mr. Joseph continued to exercise his 
entrepreneurial spirit, receiving patents for designs of a paper towel 
holder and a napkin holder. He still enjoys creating and building 
replica models and spending time with his two grandchildren.
  As he approaches his 100th birthday, it is my great honor and 
privilege to recognize Jacob Joseph for his service to our country and 
allies during World War II and his continued contributions to the Tenth 
District community.