[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H5341-H5342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING KOREAN WAR VETERANS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
New York (Ms. Malliotakis) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize veterans of 
the Korean war as this month marks the 72nd anniversary of the war's 
beginning.
  Sadly, the Korean war is too often referred to as the forgotten war. 
I am here today to recognize the 5.7 million American men and women who 
served in that war, along with seven Korean war veterans our community 
lost in the past year: Albert A. Fowler, Ralph M. Lanza, Thomas H. 
O'Rourke, Nicholas J. Matranga, Walter H. Zipf, Robert Klose, and 
Hermando J. Folla.
  These veterans put their lives on the line to defend our Nation and 
to fight

[[Page H5342]]

communism, and we are forever grateful for their service.
  This past weekend, I joined the Corporal Allan Kivlehan Chapter of 
the Korean War Veterans Association and local members of the Korean-
American community to honor them.

                              {time}  1045

  Last year, I also honored the life and legacy of Private First Class 
Raymond Andrew Smith as his remains returned to Brooklyn 71 years after 
he was reported missing in action.
  While the return of Raymond's remains is something to be celebrated, 
our Nation must not forget that more than 81,600 Americans remain 
missing from World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, the Cold 
War, the Gulf war, and other conflicts.
  On Monday, the anniversary of D-day, I was honored to receive a POW/
MIA Chair of Honor from our local Rolling Thunder chapter to display in 
my office as a permanent tribute to the brave men and women who 
honorably served our Nation overseas, but sadly never made it home.
  I urge my colleagues to consider doing the same because we all must 
do more as a grateful Nation to raise attention to this issue and 
diligently work to return all prisoners of war and soldiers missing in 
action back to our homeland.

                          ____________________