[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2883]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATING THE VFW ON ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. HILL of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILL of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I cannot begin to tell my 
colleagues how proud I am to be here in the seat that Lee Hamilton held 
for 34 years.
  As a new member of the House Armed Services Committee, I know that we 
owe a lot to those who currently serve our country and also to those 
who served in the past.
  This year, one of the Nation's oldest and most distinguished service 
organizations, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, celebrates its 100-year 
anniversary. This week, I will introduce a resolution calling on the 
Postal Service to issue a stamp to congratulate veterans of foreign 
wars for a century of work on behalf of our fighting men and women. It 
is the least we can do to honor those who have given us so much.
  I also want to thank all the veterans back in Indiana and those who 
continue to contact me. I want to contact people like Elsie Foster of 
the Ladies' Auxiliary in New Albany whose four brothers served during 
World War II and whose husband served in the World War II and Korean 
War. Mrs. Foster, I want you to know that it was your request that 
convinced me to demand the stamp.

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