[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21274-21275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                SUPPORT NATIONAL POW-MIA RECOGNITION DAY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, September 19, 2003 is 
National POW-MIA Recognition Day, and I urge my colleagues on that day 
to take a moment and reflect on the families whose loved one has never 
returned home.
  Our resolve to find our 88,000 MIAs should assure our fighting forces 
today that our support for them does not end after the victory parades. 
Let us also remember the more than 140,000 Americans since World War I 
who have endured the hardships of captivity and made it back home.
  Among the missing in action from Vietnam is Air Force Major Harold R. 
Sale of Lexington, South Carolina, shot down over Laos June 7, 1967. I 
wore a POW bracelet in his honor for years. I implore the governments 
of Laos, Vietnam, and North Korea to open their records and fully 
support our country's recovery efforts.
  We continue to need people of character like Harold Sale to serve in 
our Armed Forces to protect our liberties. Indeed his nephew, 
Lieutenant Colonel Scott Cromer, continues the family tradition today 
as an Air Force pilot, displaying the courage of American military 
personnel.

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  In conclusion, God bless our troops.

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