[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E418]
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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

                         Tuesday, May 13, 2025

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the Vietnam and Korean War 
veterans who traveled to Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2025, 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 
14 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.

       Richard Adamo, Richard G. Aiello, Robert Alicea, Ronnie R. 
     Anderson, Enrique Araujo, Michael Barrows, John M. Bauer, 
     Charles Bauman, Donald L. Beach, James O. Beatty, John D. 
     Bogumil, Edward J. Bosic, William A. Browne, Steven J. 
     Burval, Richard E. Butt, Paul E. Canik, Robert A. Clavenna, 
     Theodore Clemon, Jr., John Conroy, John C. Cosentino, James 
     D. Cox, Edward Cruz, Michael A. Dantino, John H. Dotson, 
     Charles J. Drosos, Bruce Engel, Gerald J. Ewalt, Larry L. 
     Ferris, Philip S. Fertitta, Mario Fontana, Raymond M. 
     Furlong, Ronnie J. Gagnon, Sylvester Gant, Marvin D. 
     Goldberg, Anthony J. Gomez, Walter A. Gorak, Charles O. 
     Grafton, Frank J. Haggerty, Harold E. Hanson, John K. Harper, 
     Jr., Robert E. Hess, Rodney L. Hiltz, Gregory Hines, Alan 
     Hoeksema, John H. Hollmeyer, Paul Isenmann, George Jonkman, 
     Jr., Richard Karwowski, Arthur L. Kavanaugh, Gerald Kielian, 
     Robert C. Kielian, Billy W. Knight, Patricia D. Knight, 
     Donald Kochevar, Robert J. Kowalsky, Walter C. Koziel, Harold 
     Kuras, Donald E. Lange, William D. Langele, Michael E. 
     Lareau, Gary L. Lockridge, Sr., Marvin L. Losey, Norman M. 
     Lurie, Robert H. Marcinkowski, Timothy J. Marden, Dennis C. 
     McCarroll, Thomas Merchant, Thomas S. Messenger, Willis 
     Miles, Ronald J. Miller, Eric E. Miller, John Milton, Jeffery 
     Monahan, Dennis P. Monroe, James L. Moore, Robert J. Mrozek, 
     Theodore Musak, Gerald Musak, Terrance W. Niewiadomski, 
     Donald E. Nixon, Frank Ochoa, Jr., Joseph A. Panarale, James 
     R. Phillips, Michael Pisauro, Stephen Prado, Alan R. Pringle, 
     Bruce Riemenschneider, Keith M. Roseland, Russell Ruzanski, 
     James P. Ryland, Charles E. Sampson, Abdias Sauceda, William 
     Schell, Rodney L. Schuler, Thomas J. Schwartz, Leonard W. 
     Seltzer, Fred T. Short, Leonard R. Sklaney, Philip G. 
     Spotofora, Thomas W. Stefanski, William F. Stewart, Ronald G. 
     Stille, James S. Strugala, Richard P. Sutton, Richard A. 
     Tamborski, Thomas Therkildsen, Edward Thoele, Maynard L. 
     Visser, Randall J. Voorn, Edgar L. Ward, David C. Wegner, 
     Bartel Zandstra, Robert Zichmiller, Frank Zlatos

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