[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12822]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO KENTUCKY HONOR FLIGHT MEMBERS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, today I rise to recognize 35 Kentucky 
veterans who recently came to Washington, DC to visit the memorial they 
helped to inspire. A few weeks ago, this group of distinguished men and 
women were able to visit our Nation's Capital, some for the first time, 
because of the Honor Flight Program.
  The Bluegrass Honor Flight chapter has brought over 600 veterans from 
Kentucky to Washington, DC, providing these brave patriots the 
opportunity to see firsthand the memorial built in their honor. The 
program provides transportation, lodging and food for these veterans, 
who otherwise may not have been able to visit the Capital or the 
monuments they inspired.
  These brave individuals answered the call to duty by stepping up when 
their Nation needed them most. The sacrifices they made were 
extraordinary. With unyielding commitment to our great Nation, these 
men and women bravely served and defended the freedom and rights that 
we cherish. The courage shown by America's veterans will be long 
appreciated and never forgotten. And after their years of service, I am 
proud to be able to honor them today.
  I would ask that my colleagues join me in honoring these Kentucky 
veterans:
  Dewey Abrams, Charles Adams, Geneva Andress, Algernon Rowland, Jim 
Booher, Ralph Brewer, George Capito, Paul Chandler, Donald Cooper, 
Roland Davis, Miram Dewart, Cecil Dunn, Charles Wilson, Harris 
Gibboney, George Hauck, Joe Hutchins, Gerald Kincaid, Robert Koegel, 
Anne Laing, John Fultz, William Malcolm, Edward Martin, Cecil McGee, 
Frank Milburn, Howell Moore, Kenneth Oster, Obie Owens, Reverend Thomas 
Pittman, John Krabbenhoft, Dewitt Rowland, Elmer Susemichel, Donald 
Thom, Roger Tyler, William Warde and Richard Zapp.

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