[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 7686-7687]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING ST. CLOUD HONOR FLIGHT

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                         HON. MICHELE BACHMANN

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 8, 2014

  Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the final Honor 
Flight out of St. Cloud, Minnesota during my tenure as their Member of 
Congress. It has been a highlight of my career to honor our nation's 
heroes from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam and help them see the 
monuments built in their honor in Washington.
  For many of these veterans this is their first trip to their nation's 
capital, and their first glimpse of the pivotal role they've played in 
furthering the cause of liberty. These men and women selflessly and 
heroically defended America abroad, and for that, simple words of 
gratitude will never compare to the bravery they exhibited during some 
of America's darkest hours.
  The example set by these men and women has inspired many others to 
follow in their footsteps. And the efforts and dedication of the 
Guardians who ensure that the veterans have safe accommodations and 
assistance throughout their visit also cannot be forgotten.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask this body to join me in honoring our nation's 
heroes from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. They 
truly are the living embodiment of the American values and freedoms we 
hold so dear. Minnesota Veterans aboard the final Honor Flight from St. 
Cloud, Minnesota to Washington, DC, on April 22, 2014 for submission 
into the Congressional Record.

       Werner Leland Allen, Paul Clinton Anderson, Oliver Newton 
     Anderson, Edwin Theodore Aschenbrenner, Donald Dean Baustian, 
     Leland Lorell Bennett, Richard John Bernick, Alfred Irwin 
     Betcher, Bernard Nicholas Bitzan, Wayne Elwood Bonkrude, 
     Vernon Lee Butson, James Edward Carpenter, Harold Lee Carver, 
     Bruce Kay Cottington, Robert John Danaher.
       George Harvey DeMarais, Paul Eugene Demarce, Richard Vernon 
     Forbes, Oran Everett Goodell, Orville Charles Haan, Donald 
     Herman Handahl, Cletus Marcel Hohn, Wallace Allen Jacobson, 
     Carl Raymond Johnson, Robert Jermayne Johnson, Paul Joseph 
     Jost, William Jackason Kathman, Donald Herman Krueger, Bryon 
     Lee Kunkel, Bernard Louis Lieder.
       Harry Edwin Lindbloom, Eugene Burton McKee, Carl August 
     Morris, Emery Marshel

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     Nelson, Verne Francis Rech, Thomas Daniel Routhe, Robert Leon 
     Ruplinger, Elmer Peter Schumer, Kenneth Alan Tessmer, Robert 
     011ie Uppgaard, Robert Allen Walters, Gerald Fredrick Wright, 
     John Arthur Adelman, George William Aleshire, Gerald Dean 
     Ankerfelt.
       Clarence Louis Beckmann, Rudolph George Beilke, Kenneth 
     Joseph Belkolm, Gerald James Benusa, Eugene Joseph Borgert, 
     Donald Norman Bungum, Edward Henry Burggraff, Kenneth Burton 
     Christiansen, George Wilford Courrier, Ervin Carl Damlow, 
     Lyle Edward Doebbeling, Clarence Herman Fischer, James Earl 
     Gloege, Douglas John Goenner, Peter Gronewold, Chester Engnor 
     Hopland, Donald John Huberty, Elmore Virgil Johnson, Richard 
     Matthew Kahlhamer, John Thomas Keefe, Rodney Clark Kenyon, 
     Ronald Eugene Krebs, Willard Harvey Krueger, Marvin Virgil 
     Kumpula, Ernest Dominic Lewandowski, Ervin Daniel 
     Lewandowski, Vernon George Maslow, Aloys Herman Meyer, 
     Francis Charles Mortier.
       Robert Howard Pellow, Roger Jerome Robeck, Gerald Sylvester 
     Roering, DuWayne Herbert Sabrowsky, Allen Dale Simonson, 
     Lester Reynold Thies, Richard Arlen Underdahl, Chauncey 
     Edward Van Hatten, Dayle Jacob Von Holdt, Joseph Frank 
     Wallschlaeger Sr., Cornelius Ni Warzecha, Ronald Duane Weiss, 
     Richard Jake Wolf, Charles Wood Wright, Norbert Joseph 
     Zahler, Donald Bernard Zahler.

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