[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 2608-2609]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING COLONEL FRANK STEER

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                         HON. NEIL ABERCROMBIE

                               of hawaii

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 5, 2003

  Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to extend my heartfelt 
aloha and congratulations to Colonel Frank Steer, United States Army, 
retired.
  Colonel Steer, 102 years young, is a member of the United States 
Military Academy Class of 1925 and holds the distinction of being the 
oldest living graduate of West Point.
  Frank Steer has a long record of outstanding service to the United 
States. He enlisted in the Army in World War 1, attained a commission 
after the war, and served as Provost Marshal of the Army's Hawaiian 
Department during World War II. Having responsibility for enforcing 
martial law in Hawaii, he is widely credited with a human touch and 
sense of fairness during that difficult time.
  Having been commissioned an honorary major general in the Association 
of Washington Generals, Frank Steer is eminently qualified for honorary 
promotion to provost marshal of the United States Army and United 
States Air Force, and I am delighted to extend such recognition to him.
  Frank Steer is one of Hawaii's living treasures. He is part of our 
island history and played a major role in making our state a unique and 
special place. I join Frank Steer's legion of friends and admirers in 
congratulating him on a life well lived and for his unparalleled 
service to our nation.

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