[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          VIETNAM VETERANS DAY

  (Mr. LIPINSKI asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember and honor the 
more than 3 million Americans who served in the Vietnam war. This 
weekend, we will observe Vietnam Veterans Day to pay tribute to these 
brave Americans who were called to serve during one of our Nation's 
longest and most difficult conflicts.
  Lasting more than a decade, Vietnam defined a generation. Over 58,000 
Americans were killed, and those who did return home were not treated 
as the American heroes that they are.
  In recent years, I am grateful that most Americans have been able to 
put aside their opinions about specific military missions and have an 
unwavering commitment to our courageous men and women operating in 
dangerous places around the world.
  Vietnam Veterans Day is meant to reaffirm our respecting gratitude 
for those that served our Nation in that war and show a generation of 
soldiers our immense gratitude. I will be doing so this Saturday at the 
VFW Post in Lemont, Illinois.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in doing the same, not just this 
weekend, but every day, because our Vietnam veterans, and all our 
veterans, deserve this.

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