[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            COMMEMORATING VIETNAM VETERANS APPRECIATION DAY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last Friday, May 6, marked 
Vietnam Veterans Appreciation Day, a day set aside by law in South 
Carolina to remember and thank our brave soldiers that fought 
heroically in the Vietnam war. To mark this day, the Combat Veterans 
Group held a Day of Remembrance ceremony to honor local Vietnam 
veterans across the State for their service.
  I was grateful to join them and pay tribute to the courage and 
sacrifice of our veterans. I appreciate the service of Commander of the 
South Carolina Combat Veterans Group Tommy Olds, featured speaker 
retired Captain Walter Allen Mouzon, and Executive Director Renee Joy. 
The program was inspiring and uplifting for dedicated Vietnam veterans.
  While serving as chairman of the Military Personnel Subcommittee of 
the House Armed Services Committee, I have visited Vietnam twice to 
monitor U.S.-Vietnamese efforts to recover MIAs. I was pleasantly 
surprised to find a deep affection by the Vietnamese for American 
servicemembers and a desire for stronger American-Vietnamese 
relationships of friendship.
  I am especially grateful for the Vietnam service of the late Captain 
Michael Alan McCrory, Sr., a VMI graduate, of McLean, Virginia.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops and may the President by his 
actions never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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