[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E663-E664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING THE VIETNAM AND KOREAN WAR VETERANS OF ILLINOIS

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 12, 2023

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the Vietnam and Korean War 
veterans who traveled to Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2023, with Honor 
Flight Chicago, a program that provides WWII, Vietnam, and Korean 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 
June 12th answered our Nation's call to service during one of its 
greatest times of need. From the Pacific Asian Theatre to the Korean 
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 welcome these brave veterans to Washington and to their memorials. 
I am proud to include in the Record the names of these men and women 
for all to see, hear, and recognize, and I call on my colleagues to 
rise and join me in expressing gratitude.
  David Lee Allen, Louis Allen, William Paul Altgilbers, Ronald Michael 
Andrus, Oray Baker, Jr., Randy Barham, Donald Barker, John C. Baumgart, 
Dennis L. Behnke, Norman Bowens, Jr., Leroy Allen Buss, Duane A. 
Buttell, Jr., Freddie Cagle, David B. Carlyon, Thomas Cellini, Louis J. 
Cicchetti, Louis E. Ciesla, Henry Clark, James Darcy, James R. 
Davidson, Steven L. Devereaux, Richard Jesus Diaz, Vincent Domino, 
Ildephonse J. Dorado, Leslie Duncan, Gerald Fedyski, Hal Melland 
Finkle, Frank Freemont Fisher, William G. Fountas, Herbert E. Fuqua, 
Joseph P. Gagliano, Robert Halvey, Kenneth George Hauser, Phillip F. 
Hauze, Bruce Ramond Heldt, John E. Hielema, James Richard Hoder, James 
R. Hoder, Robert Horwath, Thom Howell, Ronald E. Johnson, Anthony 
Juszynski, Ted Alan Kachlic, Louis Kahn, George J. Kane, William Keogh, 
Randall J. Kethcart, Fred E. Kogler, Mitchell Koonce, Lawrence J. 
Kozak, Thomas W. Krakowski, James R. Kramer, Richard Krol, Leonard J. 
Kulasa, Madore Lanoue, Richard A. Luemen, Renzo Manfredini, Julius M. 
Marbury, Costante James Martello, Daniel Martinez, Michael H. Masello, 
Dwight Mayberry, Patrick E. McDonald, Terrence McHugh, Roy Meldahl, 
Wayne Raymond Melichar, Jr., Michael W. Micetic, Robert J. Miller, Sr., 
James J. Morgan, Eugene J. Mudgett, Kenneth J. Murawski, Richard J. 
Otto, Lawrence Pagliaro, Terry Pappas, George J. Parsons, Jr., John E.

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Pasala, Scott G. Phillips, Leonard Porter, John J. Quigley, Terrance J. 
Quigley, David M. Ramirez, Michael Alexander Rechenmacher, Theodore 
Rounds, Andrew Rueb, Jr., Dennis Joseph Ryczek, Eugene Rymut, Jerome 
Rymut, Edward Saibert, Richard Sandine, James Sawyer, Russell P. 
Scardigli, Monroe Smith, Jr., Michael E. Sons, Dennis Soroka, Ronald 
Stark, Grant E. Steeve, Donald F. Swift, Irvin Termuende, Raymond 
Travis, William L. Troth, Stanley Tylinski, Harry E. VanBeek, Richard 
Lynn Wagner, John Joseph Wagner, Jr., William Ward, James Robert 
Wasser, Sr., William E. Watters, Howard Westphal, Frank L. White, 
Ronald G. Williams, Francis S. Willsey, George M. Wolk, Donald 
Yozeitis, Laverne C. Zorbaugh, Joseph B. Zych.

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