[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 10, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E327]
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, April 10, 2024

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the Vietnam and Korean War 
veterans who traveled to Washington, D.C. on April 10, 2024, with Honor 
Flight Chicago, a program that provides WWll, 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 
April 10 answered our nation's call to service during one of its 
greatest times of need. From the Pacific-Asian Theater 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 that 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:
  Robert M. Adame, James W. Andrulewicz, John L. Ashford, James M. 
Barr, Jr., Mary Ann E. Bell, James E. Blaney, Ralph H. Boase, Robert L. 
Booker, Thomas P. Cantwell, Edward J. Chuchla, Alan L. Clutter, Robert 
J. Colbert, John A. Conley, Donna Rae Cooley, Robert J. Crimmins, 
Thomas F. Dailey, Henry Davis, Jr., Joseph N. Degand, Michael Di 
Benedetto, Balentin Diaz, Manuel Diesman, Raymond A. Dubiel, James W. 
Edmonds, Jr., Raymond P. Eenigenburg, Darrell E. Ellett, Robert J. 
Feliszak, Ramon J. Flores, David Flowers, Francis A. Gagnon, Ronald F. 
Galvin, Albert P. Gangolf, Ronald E. Garner, Edward N. Garvey, Harold 
C. Goebbert, Richard D. Goode, Kenneth R. Goodwin, Craig S. Greenhill, 
Leland A. Groharing, Robert Gutierrez, Rufus G. Hall, Leon F. Hamm, 
Lynwood A. Harris, William F. Hayes, Chris L. Holden, Clarence R. 
Izydorski, William G. Jarchow, Leon Jeffries, Joseph D. Johnston, 
Michael O. Jones, Maurice E. Kaufman, Sr., Daryl B. Keene, Lawrence J. 
Killmer. Bruce O. Knudson, Andrew C. Koning, Sr., Andrew R. Koning, 
Walter L. Kubicki, Jr., Cornelius A. Kuiper, Chester R. Lacey, Robert 
A. Laude, James T. Laughead, Thomas A. Legg, Ralph Leyba, Charles H. 
Lucas, Donald L. Lyon, Charles W. Martin, Reginald C. Mattingly, Craig 
R. McCloud, Robert T. McDonald, James T. McElroy, Robert J. Mietus, 
Manuel S. Milllman, Miguel R. Mireles, Daniel H. Mitchell, Herbert M. 
Moll, Kenneth J. Molnaire, WIlliam W. Morgan, Charles J. Murach, 
Wallace A. Nelson, John Tyrone Newman, Lawrence Niemczyk, Jr., Donald 
D. Niestrom, Timothy S. Olson, Anthony J. Parrino, Lawrence R. 
Pillsbury, Russell Plugge, Edward J. Pruim, Ronald Pyter, Dwayne A. 
Robinson, Donald G. Rollensen, Ronald M. Ruzecki, Michael J. Ryan, 
Walter V. Sanders, Jr., Samuel J. Scardino, Harold Schmidt, Carole A. 
Schoeck, Frederick R. Schrum, Brian R. Seehausen, Dean R. Seehausen, 
Paul L. Simsic, Bernard P. Siwek, Richard C. Skocz, Raymond P. Spencer, 
Thomas E. Stasiak, Charles A. Stratton, Jr., James D. Sullivan, Richard 
Sykora, Dennis J. Trina, Edward J. Trznadel, John P. Vath, Andrew J. 
Vlietstra, Wade W. Walder, Michael F. Warren, Clifford N. Westphal, 
William F. White, John O. Wilkerson, Richard R. Zaborski, and Leonard 
J. Zimka.

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