[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 31319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING VFW POST 8946 IN WOODCLIFF LAKE, NEW JERSEY

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 9, 2009

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, today I rise to honor the 
work of VFW Post 8946 in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey for their selfless 
and inspiring deeds towards their fellow citizens. For the past few 
years this group of extraordinary individuals has been traveling to the 
Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC as well as the Walter Reed 
National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. During their 
trips the members of the Post have spent time with wounded veterans and 
their families. They have brought items such as clothing, CD players, 
electric shavers and even a large TV for the Recreation Room.
  After one of their more recent visits to Walter Reed Medical Center 
in Washington, William Huston, a member of the Post, told a local 
reporter that, ``these young men have a remarkable attitude, we cannot 
properly express the admiration we have for them.'' It is this sense of 
genuine commitment towards helping those who have given so much to our 
nation that makes this Post unique in many ways.
  As I reflect on the deeds they have done I cannot help but be 
reminded of the enduring words from President Abraham Lincoln's second 
inaugural address. Lincoln challenged his fellow Americans to ``care 
for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his 
orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting 
peace among ourselves and with all nations.'' The men of this Post are 
a living testament to these words.
  I want to once again thank this group of exceptional men for their 
service towards their fellow citizens. I am proud to represent such a 
fine group of people in the United States House of Representatives and 
I would like to recognize individually: William Huston, Gerard DeCicco, 
Joseph M. Poggi, Faust Faustini, Ray Johns, Peter Mauro, James Horris, 
Edward Powers, Sergei Leoniuk, Edward Halvey, George Kritzler, Fredrick 
Singer, and Robery Schmitt.

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