[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14966]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE VOLUSIA HONOR AIR VETERANS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA

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                           HON. JOHN L. MICA

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 28, 2012

  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Central Florida 
Veterans who will be participating in the Volusia Honor Air flight to 
our Nation's capital on Saturday, September 29, 2012.
  Over the past five years, the Volusia Honor Air program has provided 
an opportunity for our World War II Veterans from the Central Florida 
area to travel to Washington, DC to visit the memorial built in their 
honor. That one day event for these World War II heroes is one of the 
most special in their lives and is certainly well deserved.
  Since the first flight in 2008 the program has accommodated more than 
1,000 veterans in hosting a special visit to their memorial. This 
flight marks the 10th and final flight for the program.
  I would like to take this opportunity to recognize each veteran of 
this final Volusia Honor Air flight. The veterans of Volusia Honor Air, 
Flight-Ten are:
  Edward Achatz, Floyd Adams, Charles Anders, Edward Bachman, Raymond 
Banas, Frederick Baum, Angelo Bellanco, Robert Bernacchi, Daniel 
Bernstein, Frank Bonomo, Herschel Brohinsky, Herbert Brucker, Kenneth 
Burgess, Edd Byrd, George Carter, Vincent Cascioli, Patricia Chambliss, 
Henry Cleaveland, Irwin Cohen, Thomas Cook, Albert Covello, Robert 
Curboy, Thornwell Davenport, Virgil Davis, George Desotle, Walter 
Dickey, Anastasia Domaszewski, Charles Eamshaw, Chauncey Elkins, Howard 
Genser, Kenneth Gildersleeve, Douglas Hallahan, Charles Hargrove, 
George Hatzenbuhler, Arion Hinckley, Arthur Hobbs, Charles Hoeck, 
George Holm, Harold Johnson, Glenn Jones, Clayton Kaster, Earl Killian, 
Charles Kitching, James Kraker, Walter Lambert, Ernest Laquerre, Leslie 
Lee, Evelyn Leonard, James Long Jr, Louis Lorenzo, Delia Majure, Eugene 
Makowski, Harold Marine, John Marshall, Rene Mauboussin, Robert 
McAlpine, Francis Micara, George Murphy, Edward Obremski, Garlan Odor, 
George Ottendorf, Donald Palmiter, Loucious Pancoast Jr., Pandi Pani, 
Joseph Parise, Nathan Polinsky, Paul Pratt Jr, William Rhoads, Gerald 
Roberts, Charles Robison, Alexander Roskoski, Charles Rowell, Joseph 
Schmidt, Thomas Schultz, William Seitz, Samual Shoup, Henry Slager, 
Stanley Sowinski, Levis Swallows, John Temple, Lonnie Terrell, Forrest 
Thomas, James Trott, Edward Vaissiere, Henry Vendryes, Anthony Visco, 
Harold Williams, Murray Zealor, Peter Zeiger, Theodore Zrinyi.
  I would like to salute them, their chaperones, the Volusia Rotary 
Clubs and other sponsors who helped make these flights possible.
  It has been my honor and pleasure to accompany our veterans during 
most of these trips to Washington, and I will always remember the 
satisfaction, joy and solace I have witnessed in these remarkable men 
and women and often their family members as they visited our most 
cherished memorials in our Nation's capital.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing and congratulating the 
Volusia Honor Air program and the service of these World War II 
Veterans.

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