[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2239-2240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING THE FALLEN SOLDIERS OF THE 14TH QUARTERMASTER DETACHMENT 
                     DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of the soldiers 
of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment of the United States Army Reserve 
who were killed or wounded in their barracks by an Iraqi Scud missile 
attack in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Shield and 
Operation Desert Storm in 1991 on this date.
  The soldiers of the Pennsylvania Army Reserve served with bravery and 
honor in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, and they 
will forever make western Pennsylvania proud.
  Sixty-nine soldiers of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment stationed in 
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, were deployed to Saudi Arabia during this 
campaign. These brave men and women were supporting operations to 
liberate the people of Kuwait. Even though 13 of these soldiers gave 
their lives 25 years ago today--another 43 were wounded--the impact of 
their sacrifice and their loss has not faded and will not be forgotten.

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  We owe these soldiers and their families a debt of gratitude that can 
never be repaid, and we sympathize with the pain endured by those they 
left behind. May God bless them.

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