[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 15, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E503-E504]
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, May 15, 2024

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr Speaker, I rise to honor the Vietnam and Korean War 
veterans who traveled to Washington, D.C. on May 15, 2024, 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 May 
15 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:
  Vincent M. Alcala, John J. Alongi, Richard G. Barberio, Michael I. 
Barbour, Francis J. Bomher, Robert L. Booker, William J. Campbell, 
Robert Carnagey, Louis A. Cella, George R. Clifton, Frank R. Coleman, 
Jerome P. Cooney, Larry Cowherd, Billy M. Crowe, Thomas J. Cushing, 
Thomas W. Davidson, Willie J. Davis, Robert P. Dean, Donald A. 
DeFrance, John DeMarte, Gregory J. Dittemore, Lawrence R. Dittoe, 
Michael F. Donovan, David A. Downey, Robert R. Doyle, James R. Duhig, 
Glenn J. Dunkel, Jack L. Gallaway, Edward W.P. Garner, Robert W. 
Gatenby, Rodney R. Gatenby, Joseph Hanek, Steven F. Hardenbergh, Ronald 
R. Hartman, John A. Heatley, John W. Hodgson, William J. Holic, Jr., 
Joseph M. Hook, Richard A. Howes, James J. Ervin, Edward S. Janka, John 
E. Janssen, Robert C. Jensen, Gregory L. Johns, Terrance L. Kauffman, 
James H. Kelley, Paul E. Kincaid, Paul J. Kraskiewicz, Donald F. Kraus, 
Frank S. Kresica, Lawrence S. Kuzlik, Francis J. Labayen, Alex J. 
Labelle, Martin L. Labelle, Gilberto Lassus, Bobby Ray Lathan, Sr., 
Joseph L. Legenza, David R. LeVally, Robert J. Lindsay, Stephen W. 
MacCabe, Charles A. Major, Thomas M. Malec, Timothy K. McNulty, Robert 
A. Mika, Dennis J. Mitzner, Roger D. Morrison, Richard B. Narug, 
William I. Naughton, Donald Neri, Thomas P. O'Keefe, Jose E. Olvera, 
Candelaro G. Olvera, Donald L. Packard, John V. Palmisano, Diana L. 
Payne, Vincenzo Picciola, Lawrence E. Pike, Thomas E. Pinner, Adam R. 
Plunge, Joseph D. Porcelli, Lynn R. Powell, Robert L. Pryde, Robert W. 
Reichert, Richard J. Rickey, John R. Ryan, Jr., James W. Sandstrom, 
Thomas M. Santoro, James R. Schafer, Bradley A. Schroeder, David W. 
Senneke, Richard J. Shannon, Thomas R. Sieloff, John T. Sillitti, Paul 
W. Soukup, Harold D. Stacy, Kenneth H. Stahl, Dennis K. Sullivan, 
Dwayne A. Sullivan, Arthur C. Talbot, Donald R. Tenclinger, Mark D. 
Teune, Charles E. Toberman, Robert T. Toth, Stephen A. Triplett, Sr., 
Kenneth A. Tucker, James J. Vertucci, Ronald E. Vlcek, Andrew J. 
Vlietstra, Terry L. Vogt, Jeffery A. Waldrop, Michael D. Washington, 
Joseph D. West, David R. Wilson III, Richard S. Zidrich, Thomas J. 
Zito.
  


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