[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LUBIN WALTER HUNTER

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                           HON. LEE M. ZELDIN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 26, 2017

  Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Lubin Walter 
Hunter on his 100th birthday, and to thank him for his years of 
dedicated service to our community, state and nation.
  Lubin Walter Hunter, the oldest living member of the Shinnecock 
Indian Nation and oldest living veteran in the Town of Southampton, was 
born and raised on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, 
NY.
  Mr. Hunter proudly served our country during World War II as a B17 
Navigator Gunner with the Army's Air Forces in the Pacific Arena. Just 
prior to enlisting in a cadet program, Mr. Hunter was employed as a 
``shipper and corker'' on both the USS Iowa and Missouri battleships in 
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. After the war, he earned a Bachelor of Arts 
from Brooklyn College while working as a social worker.
  In his retirement, Mr. Hunter returned to serve his tribal community 
by becoming an Elder at the Shinnecock Presbyterian Church, serving as 
Director of the Senior Nutrition Program. Mr. Hunter was also elected 
as a member of the Shinnecock Tribal Council, and served as a Health 
Committee Advisory Board member of the Shinnecock Family Preservation 
Center. Additionally, Mr. Hunter was a founder of the Shinnecock 
Golfers Association.
  Today, I would like to wish Mr. Hunter happy birthday, and thank him 
for his service to our nation and the Shinnecock people.

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