[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5340]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING THE LOUISIANA HONORAIR

 Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, today I wish to acknowledge and 
honor a very special group, the Louisiana HonorAir. Louisiana HonorAir 
is a not-for-profit group that flies as many as 200 World War II 
veterans a year up to Washington, DC, free of charge. On April 12, 
2008, a group of 95 veterans will reach Washington as part of this very 
special program.
  I want to take a moment to thank all the brave veterans visiting our 
Capitol city this trip:

       Durelle L. Allen, Sr.; Elmer R. Allison; Daniel Angelle, 
     Jr.; Aline M. Arceneaux; Louis Armes; Charles Barber; Billy 
     J. Barrett, Sr.; Charles Barber; Harry P. Becnel; Nicholas D. 
     Bernard; James H. Booksh, Jr.; James L. Boulet; Valentin D. 
     Breaux, Jr.; Warren J. Breaux, Sr.; John W. Broussard; Don L. 
     Broussard; Emery Broussard; Tony Collette; Elmer Corkern; 
     Jack H. Crouchet; Frank J. Culotta, Sr.
       Frank Deerman; Joseph I. DeVille; James G. DeVille; Julian 
     A. Didier; Irving A. Domingue; Carl Dougherty; Charles H. 
     Driggers; Russell J. Duet; Stanley T. Duhon; Donald K. Dutt; 
     Robert M. Fleming; Ernest E. Fontaine; Lucius J. Forsyth, 
     Jr.; Thomas R. Fournet; Paul U. Gary; Buren J. Gautreau; 
     Hewitt B. Gomez; Gerald M. Gossen; Milton L. Guilbeau.
       Donald C. Harmon; Didier J. Hebert, Jr.; Joseph W. Hebert; 
     Adlar Hebert; James M. Jennings, Jr.; Joseph Kenner; Ruth M. 
     Kilgore; Robert S. King, Jr.; William A. Koch, Jr.; John E. 
     Landry; Wilfred R. LeBlanc; Walter A. Leonard; Grady A. 
     Lewis; Robert H. Little; Thomas W. Logan; Jack P. Martin; 
     Frank M. Mathews; Remie McGee, Jr.; Ray J. Melancon; John M. 
     Menard; A.G. Moulder.
       William G. Neef; Richard D. Nunez; Peter C. Piccione, Sr.; 
     Charles D. Pierce; Ulysses J. Prevost; Wilfred Racca; Antoine 
     W. Richard; Javis J. Robert; Forrest Sadler; Leroy Salsman, 
     Jr.; Shirley L. Savoy; Lannie Scarborough; William P. Scott; 
     Emmet G. Sellers; William R. Shelton; Robert D. Snyder; 
     Hubert Sonnier; Albin H. Steiner; C. W. Sunday; Robert 
     Sutter; Edward Swearingen.
       Vernon O. Tekell; Joseph Thibodeaux; Andrew Thibodeaux; 
     Wilbur P. Thousand; Emery F. Toups; Prudhome J. Trahan; 
     Frances C. Trahan; Walton Trahan; William O. Walker; Camile 
     E. Weber, Sr.; Charles Webre, Jr.; Richard M. Whaley; Walter 
     C. White; Frank S. Williams.

  While visiting Washington, DC, these veterans will tour Arlington 
National Cemetery, the Iwo Jima Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial, the 
Korean Memorial, and the World War II Memorial. This program provides 
many veterans with their only opportunity to see the great memorials 
dedicated to their service.

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