[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10988-10989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO GLEN DOUGLAS

                                 ______
                                 

                     HON. GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR.

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 2004

  Mr. NETHERCUTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Master 
Sergeant Glen Douglas' sacrifice and service to our nation, which 
spanned twenty-two years and three wars, the first of which was World 
War II.
  Glen Douglas is one of the most decorated veterans in our region, 
having received the Distinguished Service Medal and seven purple hearts 
among other honors.
  The following excerpts from the May 4th, 2004 weekly edition of the 
Colville Statesman Examiner are a testament to the sacrifice, courage, 
commitment and leadership Mr. Douglas displayed throughout the course 
of his service.

       Douglas's service to our country first began as an 
     infantryman in Europe with the 101st Airborne (Screaming 
     Eagles) in 1944 and then in the occupation army with the U.S. 
     Constabulary. Douglas then served in

[[Page 10989]]

     the Korean War with the U.S. 2nd (Indianhead) Infantry 
     Division from 1950-1953 before he was med-evacuated after 
     being wounded for the eighth time. In the incidents prior 
     when he had been wounded and evacuated, he would be taken as 
     far as Japan before he would disappear from the hospital, get 
     clothes and take a boat back to his Infantry Division. ``I 
     would get very angry having somebody else lead the men and 
     lose them.'' Douglas said, ``I hardly ever lost a man when I 
     was leading. After being wounded for the eighth time, Douglas 
     nearly lost his legs and spent four years, four months and 
     twenty-six days in the Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver 
     before he was released. He was told he would never walk 
     again. But Douglas had his own ideas. ``I was released 
     December 23, 1957'' Douglas remembered. By 1959, ``I was 
     jumping out of airplanes again.'' Douglas served two tours in 
     Vietnam with the Special Forces (Green Beret) and then again 
     with the highly classified Studies and Operations Group 
     before retiring after twenty-two years of service.

  I was pleased to learn that Mr. Douglas was recently selected by 
fellow veterans from local chapters of the American Legion, VFW, and 
Marine Corps League to receive an all expense paid trip to Washington 
D.C. in order to represent them during the upcoming dedication of the 
National World War II Memorial later this month.
  The Memorial is a fitting tribute to the great courage and selfless 
dedication of soldiers who fought in the Second World War and as we 
approach Memorial Day, I encourage my colleagues to reflect on the 
great sacrifices of men like Glen Douglas.

                          ____________________