[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING MR. QUENTIN ROMAN STAMBAUGH

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                            HON. SCOTT PERRY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 6, 2024

  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize Mr. Quentin Roman 
Stambaugh on the auspicious occasion of his 100th Birthday on February 
8, 2024.
  Mr. Stambaugh dedicated much of his impressive 100 years to the 
honorable service of our Nation. He first reported for duty on 6 April 
1943, to then-Camp George G. Meade, where he enlisted in the U.S. Army 
Air Corps, and then completed Basic Training in Miami Florida. He was 
assigned to the U.S. Army Technical School in Sioux Falls SD, where he 
trained to become a Radioman and Mechanic. He progressed to Yuma, AZ as 
a Gunnery School trainee, and learned to operate the B-25/Mitchell 
Aircraft. After vigorous training, he was deployed to the Southwest 
Pacific region at the height of WWII, serving as a Radioman and Tail 
Gunner, and making his mark on our Nation as part of ``The Greatest 
Generation.''
  Mr. Stambaugh heroically flew 38 Combat Missions, during which he had 
four take downs against the Japanese enemy, and numerous enemy 
installations. He earned the Expert Marksman badge, the Presidential 
Unit Citation, and a personal letter to his parents from General George 
Kenney, Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific. In the 
letter, General Kenney cited Mr. Stambaugh's ``Meritorious Achievement 
while participating in aerial flights in the Southwest Pacific area 
from February 25, 1945 to March 30, 1945 . . .'' and noted his service 
as ``. . . a real and very tangible contribution to victory and 
peace.'' General Kenney further stated that ``I would like to tell you 
how genuinely proud I am to have men such as your son in my command, 
and how gratified I am to know that young Americans with such courage 
and resourcefulness are fighting our Country's battle against the 
aggressor nations. You have every reason to share that pride and 
gratification.'' Mr. Stambaugh, having brushed with death numerous 
times, never forgets his Brothers-in-Arms who made the ultimate 
sacrifice for our Nation, fellow Warriors, and our way of life.
  Returning home after earning an Honorable Discharge on 18 December 
1945, Mr. Stambaugh transitioned to civilian life at PH Gladfelter in 
Spring Grove, and earned a Magistrate position in York County--further 
serving our Nation in a judicial capacity for four consecutive six-year 
terms. Mr. Stambaugh and his wife, Bertha, had three children, and he 
still lives in the home he and Bertha built together near his childhood 
home in Spring Grove.
  Mr. Speaker, I'm honored, privileged, and humbled to celebrate Mr. 
Quentin Roman Stambaugh on the blessed occasion of his 100th Birthday. 
His tireless, selfless, and dedicated service of our communities, 
Commonwealth, and Nation sets the standard by which we should all be 
judged. I wish him continued Godspeed.

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