[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILLER-RAFFAELE VFW POST

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
recognition of the 70th anniversary of the Miller-Raffaele VFW Post 
6221 in Emporium, Cameron County, located in the Pennsylvania Fifth 
Congressional District.
  The post is named after two sets of brothers who answered the call to 
defend the United States of America in World War II, Jack and Harry 
Miller, along with Sam and Frank Raffaele.
  Jack and Harry were killed within 1 month of each other in 1944. 
Sadly, Sam and Frank also made the ultimate sacrifice on the same day, 
yet miles apart from one another, also in 1944.
  After the war ended, the community welcomed back the surviving men 
and women who formed the Miller-Raffaele Post 6221, which was 
officially opened on March 5, 1946.
  Mr. Speaker, we owe so much to the members of our Nation's Armed 
Forces, and especially to those members of the Greatest Generation who 
traveled to places such as Europe and Asia to fight tyranny.
  I am proud to salute the members of the Emporium VFW on this 
important anniversary, and I wish them the best of success in the 
future.

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