[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6349]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO HONOR FLIGHT OF OREGON

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 15, 2011

  Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 27 World War II 
veterans of Oregon who will visit their memorial here in Washington, 
DC, later this month. On behalf of a grateful state and country, we 
welcome the Honor Flight of Oregon.
  The following are the distinguished veterans who will be representing 
the Honor Flight of Oregon: Elbert Bales, Donald Cameron, Kenneth 
Deacon, Henry Dorig, Robert Eddings, Noel Eng, William Grisso, Paul 
Potts, Eugene Sheffler and Harold Weigand, U.S. Navy; Ruth Waldruff, 
U.S. Marine Corps; Calvin Clayton, Stephen Graves, Warren Lancaster, 
John Lortz, John Mast, Laurel McClelland, Hans Running, Donald Smith 
and Don West, U.S. Army; John Couch, Calvin Hanscom, Jerry Johnson and 
James Johnson, U.S. Army Air Corps; Barbara Euler and Baldwin Thurman, 
U.S. Women's Army Corps; Shirley Marcy, U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps.
  Mr. Speaker, these 27 veterans from Oregon are joining a camaraderie 
of over 63,000 veterans from across the country who, since 2005, have 
been transported from their home states to our nation's capital at 
absolutely no cost to them or their families, to visit and reflect at 
memorials built here in their honor.
  The fact that these soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines would 
uproot themselves from their homes and families and put themselves in 
harm's way for our country is very humbling. The debt of gratitude we 
owe them can never be repaid, for without their honor, courage, 
commitment, and--above all--sacrifice we would not be able to enjoy the 
freedoms we have today.
  Please join me in thanking these Oregon veterans and the volunteers 
of Honor Flight of Oregon for their dedication, commitment, and service 
to this great nation.

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