[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14095-14096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING MRS. MARGARETE HOLM

  (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mrs. Margarete 
Holm, the widow of U.S. Army Captain Arnie Holm, a Waterford, 
Connecticut, native who went missing in the jungles of Vietnam 38 years 
ago.
  Last Thursday, Margarete and Captain Holm's sister, Meg Brewster, who 
have been heroic in their efforts to search for Captain Holm, traveled 
to Crystal City, Virginia, for a family update conference organized by 
the Department of Defense.
  During the conference, which took place during votes in this House, 
members of the U.S. Army presented Mrs. Holm with a POW/MIA 
commemorative medal to honor the next of kin for those Americans who 
are missing or unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. Although authorized 
by Congress in 1983, Mrs. Holm did not receive her Medal until last 
week.
  For Margarete, who has tirelessly supported the cause of POW/MIAs 
locally in Connecticut and across the

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country, this medal is a long overdue recognition of her loss. Although 
I was unable to be with her during the presentation, I spoke to her 
last night to let her know how important she and all of those who are 
still waiting for their loved ones to return home are to me and my 
colleagues in this House.
  To Margarete, Meg, and to all those still waiting for their loved 
ones to return home, please know that as the POW/MIA flag says, ``you 
are not forgotten''--not by the Members of this Congress, not by the 
men and women of our military, and certainly not by our fellow 
Americans.

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