[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      65TH ANNIVERSARY OF V-E DAY

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Madam Speaker, Saturday marks the 65th anniversary of 
V-E Day, Victory in Europe Day, one of the most truly seminal days in 
history.
  On May 8, 1945, the World War II allies formally accepted the 
unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, marking the end of Hitler's 
Third Reich and the years of tyranny and war it brought to the 
continent. The members of the Greatest Generation who made this victory 
possible are 65 years removed from this V-E Day, yet their commitment 
to remembering the sacrifices that made it possible are as strong as 
ever.
  In fact, one of my constituents, Freemont Gruss, will be in the Czech 
Republic this Saturday to mark the anniversary with members of his 
former division, which was credited with firing the last shot against 
the Germans before V-E Day.
  Today I honor each and every one of the soldiers who made V-E Day 
possible. I know that in another 65 years their accomplishment will 
still be one of the most important that our world has ever seen.

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