[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14643-14644]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SECOND BIG SKY HONOR FLIGHT VISIT TO D.C.

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I rise to recognize a very important event 
that will be occurring this Sunday and Monday. Eighty-nine World War II 
veterans from Montana will take part in the Big Sky Honor Flight and 
come to Washington, DC, to visit their monument--the WWII Memorial.
  Their trip is hosted by the Big Sky Honor Flight Program. The mission 
is to recognize American veterans for their sacrifices and achievements 
by flying them to Washington, DC, to see their memorials at no cost.
  These veterans come from all parts of our great State. This is a 
special weekend for this group of heroes. It is also a time to give 
thanks for the courage and sacrifice of all our veterans and

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servicemembers. It is a time to reflect on the sacrifices made by those 
who fought on the front in Europe, on the battlefields of Korea, in the 
jungles of Vietnam, the deserts of Iraq, and those who are currently 
fighting in the mountains of Afghanistan. We must not forget their 
sacrifices.
  I am so pleased I will be able to meet with these courageous 
Montanans. I ask the Senate to join me in welcoming these heroes to our 
Nation's Capital this weekend, and I ask unanimous consent that their 
names be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

       Lee Alderdice; Milton Lyman Amsden; Harry A. Arvidson; 
     Peter N. Bertram; Leonard E. Bestrom; Warren Charles 
     Bodecker; Ralph Floyd Brewington; James C. Brook; William B. 
     Brown; Jackson L. Burger; Filmore B. Canon; John M. Clark; 
     Harold Lee Conrad; Hollis E. Coon; Gool Counts; Carley Rhein 
     Cromwell; Leo Eckhardt; James E. Elander; James Ellison; 
     Charles T. Eskro.
       Frank D. Evans; Alvin Oscar Fisher; Samuel W. Frank; Durl 
     J. Gibbs; Raymond P. Gregori; Robert Glover Hall; Charles E. 
     Halstead; Thomas A. Hanel; Russell LeRoy Hartse; James 
     Hasterlik; Milam V. Hearron; McDonald W. Held; Lewis W. 
     Holzheimer; Bernard E. Ilertson; Earl T. Jackson; Elwin M. 
     Johnson; George L. Kimmet; Vincent Leo Koefelda; Vernon Lee 
     Koelzer; Frank J. Koncilya.
       Andre Rioul Kukay; Willard E. LaCounte; Albert R. Lasater; 
     Harold J. Lasater; Gorvan J. LeDuc; Oscar L. Lee; Norman D. 
     Leonard; Joseph Biggs Litle; Max E. Long; Robert W. Lubbers; 
     Leonard John Mager; James J. Marshall; William R. Matthew; 
     Paul Messer; Elizabeth S. Meyer; Geraldine E. Mihalic; Gerald 
     K. Nelson; John H. O'Bannon; Clarence A. Olson; Eddie C. 
     Olson.
       Ray A. Olson; Thomas F. Patterson; Roy Louis Peters; John 
     W. Porter; Carl Redding; Michael G. Rhodes; Robert V. Ryan; 
     Charles F. Sandford; Dave Schledewitz; Laurence N. Shipp; 
     William James Sivelle; Anthony W. Skorupa; Charles E. Smith; 
     Donald E. Smith; Kenneth C. Smith; Robert M. Standefer; John 
     R. Stevenson; Frank Phillip Thatcher; Clifford V. Thomsen; 
     Robert E. Torgrimson; Ronald W. Torstenson; James Arthur 
     Vick; Albert Wade; James Forest Walker; Bernard Edgar 
     Wanderaas; Joseph A. Weber; Allen L. Whittington; Bryce Wood 
     Williams; Andrew R. Winter.

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