[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 7, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E126]
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           HONORING MR. HOWARD MAUTNER ON HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                            HON. KAT CAMMACK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 7, 2024

  Mrs. CAMMACK. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of Florida's Third Congressional 
District, we wish Mr. Howard Alan Mautner a very happy 100th birthday.
  Howard was born in Rockford, Illinois, on April 28, 1924. When Howard 
was eight years old, his family moved to Madison, Wisconsin. He lived 
there until he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in October 1942 at 
age 18.
  Howard was inducted into the military at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and 
went to recruit training at what is now known as Keesler Air Force Base 
in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was then assigned to radio school in what is 
now Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, Illinois. He learned Morse code 
and radio training. After schooling, he served several months at 
Marshall Army Airfield, adjacent to Fort Riley, Kansas. He then 
reported into an overseas duty staging area at Seymour Johnson Air 
Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina. In September 1943, Howard 
headed to Naval Base Norfolk, Virginia, where he boarded a Liberty ship 
for the port of Casablanca (Morocco).
  Howard served in Naples, Italy between September 1943 and December 
1944 before heading onto Venice, Italy from December 1944 to May 1945. 
By August 1945, the war was over, but Howard was sent to Vienna, 
Austria, as part of the occupational force. Howard was especially 
grateful to have visited Vienna, as that was his father's birthplace in 
the late 1880s. In December 1945, he was transported back to America 
aboard the USS Randolph, landing at Fort Dix in New Jersey, where he 
was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant.
  For the last several decades, Howard has lived in Ocala, Florida, and 
has been a treasured member of the Marion County veterans' community. 
We are honored to wish him a happy 100th birthday and to thank him for 
his dutiful service to our Nation. Congratulations to Howard on this 
milestone. We are elated to celebrate with him.

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