[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25699]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          THE AMERICAN VETERAN

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, the American veteran has fought in these 
conflicts: French and Indian war, War for Independence, the First 
Barbary War, the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, War for Texas 
Independence, the War Between the States, the Indian Wars, the Spanish-
American War, the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, First 
World War, Russian Revolution, Spanish Civil War, the Great World War 
II, the Cold War, Korean War, Vietnam War, Tehran hostage rescue, 
Grenada, Beirut, Panama, the Gulf War, Somalia, Yugoslavia, 
Afghanistan, and the Iraq War.
  These are wars that were fought in, fought by and fought for 
Americans. This land of the free is consecrated by the blood of the 
fallen. In many of these wars the liberty of the Nation's people was at 
stake. Across the massive seas of time the American veteran shall be 
remembered and praised, for they fought in lands they had never seen, 
and they fought for peoples they did not know.
  These, like my dad, represent the finest the Nation has ever 
produced. We honor them and we thank them on Veterans Day.

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