[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      WORLD WAR II VETERANS VISIT

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I rise to recognize a very important event 
that will be occurring this Sunday and Monday. About 90 World War II 
veterans from Montana will take part in the ``Big Sky Honor Flight,'' 
and come to Washington, D.C. 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, D.C., to see their memorials at no cost. 
The program, which has already sent 184 Montana veterans to visit the 
memorials, is generously funded by businesses, student groups, and 
folks all across Montana.
  These veterans come from all parts of our great State, and while they 
are in Washington, they will see the WWII Memorial and other monuments, 
enjoy a banquet honoring their service to the country, and fly home the 
next day.
  This is a special two days for this group of heroes, but it is also a 
time to give thanks for the courage and sacrifice of all our veterans 
and 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. They are:

       Robert E Anderson, George P Ardelean, William Bakker, 
     Lorraine F Blank, Roy Boettger, Charles E Brickman, Richard A 
     Caruso, Edward B Campen, Roy F Cattrell, Robert W Cook, 
     Donald P Culliton, Louis J Day, Roy S Dimond, Raymond V 
     Drake, Marvin Duncan, Theodore E Eklund, Joseph Fahn, Everitt 
     D Foust, Leo C Fowler, Robert M Frankforter, Colin Glasgow, 
     Maurice Graham, Joseph Hartman, John Hepler, Rudolph 
     Hergenrider, Russell S Hodge, Vance Holbrook, William C 
     Howard, Amy Johnson, Robert C Johnston, Bruce D Jones, Jack 
     Jurgens, Gertrude Kalan, Lester L Kath, Joseph C King III, 
     Robert Kinyon, Gordon Kirkwood, Donald B Koeppen, Henry J 
     Kornegay, Howard Largent, Raymond Leone, Robert L Lubbers, 
     Pierre Mangen, Donald J Marshall, William Clayton, George R 
     McMurray, Paul Milam, Irvin J Miller, William Mills, Richard 
     Miner, Ruben F Oberlander, John M Richards, Ivory L Robinson, 
     Gerald C Schlichenmayer, Kenneth Schneider, Ernest D Sells, 
     Donald C Siers, George E Sexton, John St Germain, Paul 
     Stengel, Harry K Stine, Myron J Stratton, Myron R 
     Stutterheim, Kent T Swift, Margaret J Talmage, Everett V 
     Tande, Agatha F Twist, James A Vick, Robert L Wagnitz, Robert 
     E Willems, Andrew R Winter, William D Worth, Kenneth Baeth, 
     Raymond A Bergstrom, James Kenaley, James J Bertrand, George 
     A Moore, William Bug, Edgar E St John, Gordon P Slovarp, 
     Donald Shay, Edmund M Bouchard, George L Schuyler, Elizabeth 
     Riley, Raymond J Rae, Ralph Stone.

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