[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 173 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1002]
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        HONORING THE VIETNAM AND KOREAN WAR VETERANS OF ILLINOIS

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 20, 2023

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker Pro Tempore, I rise to honor the Vietnam and 
Korean War veterans who traveled to Washington, D.C. on October 18, 
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 
October 18th 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.
  Mario R. Aliano, Sr., Peter Ralph Amodei, Ronald Angone, James Larry 
Arnold, Dennis J. Asch, Leonard Austin, Joseph T. Bienias, Ronald M. 
Bienias, Robert Bom, Thomas Brackenbury, Scott Lee Brighton, Terrence 
V. Burns, Donald T. Catchpole, John K. Clauson, David M. Clemen, 
Maurice J. Costello, William T. Coughlin, William A. Cox, Ronald L. 
Cummins, Dan A. Dahlquist, John Diehl, James Doffin, Charles A. Doiron, 
Jr., James M. Donahue, Mitchell G. Doud, James Drnek, George Joseph 
Durfor, Steven M. Dyer, Walter L. Favorite, Melvin L. Fonville, Rodney 
Foster, Ronald E. Foster, Carol J. Fowler, Gilbert F. Garcia, Raymond 
Gervais, Richard W. Giemzik, George N. Gray, Robert Grenlie, Louis 
Gugliuzza, Alvaro Guillen Jr., Dale Hamblin, Bruce Hansen, Henry 
Harris, Jackie Haviland, George Elmer Hessenthaler, Maurice Holman, 
George Hosso, John W. Huff, Tom Jackson, Martin D. Jayne, James Jensen, 
William Johnson, J. Malia Jones, David Kapella, Robert F. Kelly, Edward 
Allen Kimmey, Louis M. King, Arthur Landorf, Thomas W. Leitner, Thomas 
H. Lichtenfeld, Ronald William Line, Jerome Lorenz, Felipe Marrero, 
Michael Martino, Abraham Matook, Edward Maynard, Jr., Russel E. 
McClintock, William J. Mesheimer, Robert E. Miller, David E. Miller, 
Francis L. Minnito, Thomas J. Moran, Peggy Morris, David Myers, Joseph 
Offenbecher, Edward Lee Oller, Bruce E. Parry, James Patnode, Adis 
Patrick, Joseph P. Phelan, Terry L. Pierson, William A. Polensky, James 
E. Popjoy, James Purcell, Raymond Ritcheson, Jr., Robert Ross, David A. 
Sandeno, Thomas L. Schambach, James Scherbarth, Michael Scherer, 
Charles Scholtens, James L. Schulte, Kenneth Schussler, Andrew Sherlag, 
Michael A. Snyder, Donald B. Snyder, Ronald J. Soltis, Craig Summers, 
David Harry Swanson, Ronald Joseph Szikora, Donald D. Talbot, Anthony 
Turacek, Charles J. Vladika, William A. Ward, Arthur A. Warner, Thomas 
Wasmund, Robert A. Welko, John A. Wentz, Sr., James Wiginton, Johnnie 
Lewis Williams, Leon Withers.

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