[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6767]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING WORLD WAR II VETERANS

 Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I rise today to acknowledge and 
honor a very special group of veterans. In appreciation of their 
selfless service to our country, Brookshire's Grocery and Super 1 Foods 
have sponsored a World War II Heroes Flight that will take 33 World War 
II veterans to Washington, DC, free of charge. A group of 27 veterans 
will be in Washington May 10-12, 2011, for this very special trip.
  I want to take a moment to thank all these brave veterans visiting 
our Capital city this trip:

       Peter Ballas, Shreveport, LA; Sam Canter, Blanchard, LA; 
     Nick DeFatta, Shreveport, LA; Les Eckhard, Shreveport, LA; 
     Chuck Fellers, Shreveport, LA; Mason Ferguson, Shreveport, 
     LA; Dale Foster, Homer, LA; James Fraiser, Minden, LA; 
     Bootsie Frazier, Shreveport, LA; Aubrey Gaston, Choudrant, 
     LA; Frank Guraedy, West Monroe, LA; Bobby Harrell, 
     Shreveport, LA; Snookie Harrison, Shreveport, LA; Ken 
     Hawkins, Bossier City, LA; Robert Hawkins, Shreveport, LA; 
     Gene Hodgkins, Monroe, LA; Pete Johnson, Shreveport, LA; 
     Dorothy Kneipp, Keithville, LA; Glenn Murphy, Alexandria, LA; 
     Don Odom, Homer, LA; Earl Owens, Shreveport, LA; Frank 
     Porter, Shreveport, LA; Ray Rushing, Shreveport, LA; Grady 
     Shows, Shreveport, LA; Don Tompkins , Bossier City, LA; 
     Wilmer Warrington, Shreveport, LA; Fred Wells, Shreveport, 
     LA.

  While visiting Washington, DC, these veterans will tour Arlington 
National Cemetery, the Iwo Jima Memorial, the World War II Memorial, 
the U.S. Capitol, and other sites. This program provides many veterans 
with their only opportunity to see the great memorials dedicated to 
their service.
  Thus, today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring these great 
Americans and thanking them for their devotion and service to our 
Nation.

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