[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 162 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E991-E992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR, AND VIETNAM WAR VETERANS OF 
                                ILLINOIS

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 20, 2021

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the World War II, Korean 
War, and Vietnam War Veterans who traveled to Washington, D.C. on 
August 18, 2021 with Honor Flight Chicago, a program that provides 
World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans the opportunity to 
visit their memorials on The National Mall in Washington, D.C. These 
memorials were built to honor their courage and service to their 
country.
  The American Veteran is one of our greatest treasures. The Soldiers, 
Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen who traveled here on 
August 18th answered our nation's call to service during one of its 
greatest times of need. From the European Campaign to the Pacific Asian 
Theatre to the African Theater, these brave Americans risked life and 
limb, gave service and sacrificed much, all while embodying what it is 
to be a hero. We owe them more gratitude than can ever be expressed.
  I welcomed these brave veterans to Washington and to their memorials. 
I am proud to include in the Record the names of these

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men and women for all to see, hear, and recognize, and I call on my 
colleagues to rise and join me in expressing gratitude.
  Richard J. Aguinaga, Edward H. Baden, Victor B. Baker, Leo J. Barnes, 
Clifton Bartelt, James E. Bell, Donald N. Benkowski, Kenneth A. Benni, 
Curtis Bentley, Barry E. Boesch, Kenneth G. Bogda, Victor J. 
Bostjancic, Robert A. Bott, Michael Leon Brazzil, Obie Breaux, Edwin 
Ray Brookman, Sr., Bernard W. Bucholz, William Buckler, John Joseph 
Bush, Edward M. Cain, Whitney Carter III, Joseph J. Chandler, John H. 
Childers, Robert C. Ciner, Donald Ray Coleman, Thurman G. Collier, 
Lawrence Davis, Anthony Delaurentis, David Walter Deruntz, Michelangelo 
DiCosola, Edwin W. Dunteman.
  William A. Edenhofer, Eddie G. Edmonds, Wesley J. Edwards, Leonard 
Fioritto, John J. Fisher, Leonard E. Fisher, Albert C. Fleuchaus, 
Blaine A. Fuhrman, Cruz R. Garcia, Kenneth J. Garhan, Edward F. 
Gniadek, Jr., David Hanna, Walter Hardy, Bruce R. Harken, Robert Hesek, 
William M. Hickey, Donald Hoefke, Charles R. Hubbard, James Michael 
Hudik, Michael Hurley, Walter Leslie Janusch, Donald Johnson, Mack 
Ester Jones, Donald Kalina, Dennis Dewain Keast, Cleo Edward Keen, 
Joseph W. Kilcoyne, Allyn Kleinert, John N. Kost, Ronald James 
Kurpiers, Thomas J. Langley, Richard J. LaVeau, Christopher Joseph 
LoPresti, Robert J. Lubek, Victor J. Martinka, Jr., William Rockwell 
McMurray, Peter J. Meier, Eugene J. Meske.
  Marvin L. Metzger, Ronald T. Michalski, Edward J. Millar, Jr., 
Raymond James Miller, Thomas J. Minasola, James Montalbano, Roosevelt 
B. Moore, Joseph Michael Moravec, Jr., Michael Eugene Morrell, Ronald 
G. Navickas, James C. Nichols, Philip Edward Norton, Thomas Obrenski, 
Pierre E. Onnezi, Joseph G. Palmisano, Gary W. Paul, Robert Porter, 
Cloy Leonard Powers, Ronald M. Raczak, Edmund Rafalski. Jr., Stanley J. 
Rakauskas, Willie E. Reed, George L. Ridgnal, Edward J. Rios.
  Orlando Rossino, Thomas W. Siener, George T. Smith, Charles Jasinto 
Solis, William F. Sonntag, Julius Ceasor Spognardi, James J. Sprecher, 
Jack Tinsley, Robert L. Usiak, Roy Joseph Veverka, James C. Vodnansky, 
Jerry Warren, Ray Weatherspoon, Anthony J. Wegner, Ronald Paul Wegrzyn, 
Richard A. Weihsmantel, Steven P. Williams, Patrick A. Windsor, James 
Harrison Woods, John H. York, and William Michael Zebleckis.

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