[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11972]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 REMEMBERING THE HEROES OF WORLD WAR II

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Madam Speaker, 64 years ago this 
week, my father and approximately 2 million of his fellow soldiers from 
the United States, Great Britain, and Canada were moving into the area 
of France, which began the liberation of Europe. Sixty-four years ago 
they sacrificed in ways almost unimaginable for us. Had they not done 
that, had they not succeeded, we would not enjoy the freedoms we have 
today.
  Yet it was little remarked nor remembered on the pages of our 
newspapers across our country and on our television sets. And the fact 
of the matter is these brave, gentle warriors are dying at over 1,000 a 
day. We soon will not have the opportunity to thank them for the 
sacrifices they made.
  So today as we deal with these problems that face us, let us remember 
that America has always been a can-do country. We have never shirked 
from challenges. We have figured out how to do it. And remember in the 
words of those people in that movie not too long ago, to ask ourselves 
what our fathers asked themselves; are we worthy? Did we lead a good 
life? Did we do what we had to do?

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