[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4800]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HONOR FLIGHT 2013

  Mr. BEGICH. Madam President, in April, the participants in the 2013 
Honor Flight will be traveling to Washington, DC, to visit memorials of 
World War II, Vietnam war and the Korean war, as well as the Lincoln 
Memorial on The National Mall.
  I would like to record the names of the World War II veterans 
selected for this trip: Ms. Hallie Odessa Dixon from Anchorage, who 
served in the Navy as a telegrapher 2nd Class and also worked as a 
cryptographic aide. Mr. Chelton S. Feeny from Anchorage, who served in 
the Army as a private first class, participated in the Army Specialized 
Training Program at Princeton University, and also worked as a medic on 
hospital trains. Mr. Dietrich L. Strohmaier from Fairbanks, who served 
in the Army as a private first class, 25th Division, 35th Regiment and 
also served briefly in Hollandia, New Guinea, and the Philippines as 
part of a seven-man recon squad, and later in Japan as part of the 
Occupation Forces. Mr. Dale Joseph Trombley from Soldotna, who served 
in the Army Air Corps as a major and B-17 pilot in the 452nd Bomb 
Group, 730th Air Mobility Squadron, and Mr. John Walker from Soldotna 
who served in the Army as a sergeant, 2nd Division and 1st Army at 
Omaha Beach, Belgium and in Germany.
  I would also like to make special mention of a Korean war veteran, 
Mr. William Ladd McBride, from Fairbanks, who has been selected for the 
trip as well. His vision is failing and it is his fervent wish to see 
`his' memorial while he still can with his own eyes. Mr. McBride joined 
the Army in 1952 and served during the Korean conflict as a 
photographer for intelligence. He continued his service in the Army 
Reserves for a total of 12 years, with a final rank of staff sergeant. 
In 1961 he joined the Navy Reserves, leaving after 6 years with a final 
rank of intelligence specialist senior chief.
  Each of these veterans has my thanks for their service and I very 
much appreciate the staff, volunteers, and supporters of the Honor 
Flight program who make these trips happen.

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