WORLD WAR II

Addresses

Joint Meeting of Congress: Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, H1624-H1626 [9MR]

Sylvan Siegal Recipient of Bronze Star: Aryeh Scheinberg, E1022 [2JN]

Amendments

Kelly, Colin P., Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 303), S7626, S7628 [16NO]

Appointments

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, S494 [2FE], S2402 [12AP], H2902 [15AP]

Articles and editorials

Foundation Launches Reid S. Jones Memorial Fund With Contribution Honoring James ``Onion'' Eastham, S1495 [9MR]

Last of the Navajo Code Talkers, H8256 [7DE]

Marvin Clevinger—A World War II Hero, S4068 [23JN]

Memories of a Soldier, S7184 [8NO]

Ode to Jan Karski, E2179 [5DE]

Original Code Talker Keeps Tale Alive—Few Remaining Members of Elite Navajo Marine Unit, H8255 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions

American Memorial Park: develop, maintain, and administer an annex in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 1103), H1841 [15MR]

Army: expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members who participated in combat during which they engaged the enemy on or after December 7, 1941 (see H.R. 1850), H3218 [11MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall to award Congressional Gold Medal to 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service for World War II service (see S. Con. Res. 28), S5251 [2AU]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2292 [4AP]

———placement of statue or bust of Winston Churchill in U.S. Capitol (see H. Res. 497), H9431 [15DE]

Civil liberties: recognize National Day of Remembrance to observe anniversary of Executive order restricting freedom of German and Italian Americans and ordering internment of Japanese Americans (see H. Res. 99), H1178 (see H. Res. 99), H1197 [17FE]

Claims: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see S. 634), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 1193), H1984 [17MR]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (see S. 64), S123 [25JA]

Congressional Gold Medal: award to Bataan defenders (see S. 2004), S8680 [15DE] (see H.R. 3712), H9926 [16DE]

———award to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see S. 418), S976 [28FE] (see H.R. 719), H922 [15FE]

———award to the First Special Service Force (see S. 1460), S5191 [1AU] (see H.R. 3767), H10026 [23DE]

———award to the Montford Point Marines (see S. 1527), S5458 [8SE] (see H.R. 2447), H4748 [7JY]

Dept. of Defense: declassify information relative to missing and unaccounted-for members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 485), H8261 [7DE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 900), S2731 [5MY] (see H.R. 1753), H3107 [5MY]

Dept. of HHS: provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see H.R. 2786), H5885 [1AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H2213 [31MR]

Dept. of the Army: determine validity of certain Filipinos' claims that they performed military service on behalf of the U.S. during World War II (see S. 63), S123 [25JA]

Dept. of the Interior: install in the area of the World War II Memorial a suitable plaque or inscription with the words that Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed on D-Day, June 6, 1944 (see H.R. 2070), H3868 (see H.R. 2070), H3909 [1JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H102 [6JA]

———designate one U.S. city each year as an ``American World War II City'' (see H.R. 2717), H5882 [1AU]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H33 [5JA]

Greece: recognize and appreciate significance, heroism, and sacrifice of the people of Crete during World War II and commend the PanCretan Association of America (see H. Res. 179), H1985 [17MR]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H34 [5JA]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see S. 1141), S3428 [26MY] (see H.R. 2115, 2116), H4034 [3JN]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H1524 [2MR]

———restore rights for claimants under Holocaust-era insurance policies (see S. 466), S1120 [2MR]

Japan: commend for extending official apology to former U.S. POW from the Pacific War and moving forward in planning to invite surviving members to Japan (see S. Res. 333), S7702 [17NO] (see H. Res. 324), H4457 [22JN] (see H. Res. 333), H4575 [24JN]

Jibilian, Arthur: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3623), H8318 [8DE]

Kelly, Colin P., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 303), S6872 [20OC]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 305), H254 [18JA]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 89), H7891 [18NO]

Pacific islands: acknowledge contributions of colonists of Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Canton, and Enderbury islands from 1935-1942, facilitating U.S. claim of sovereignty into the Equatorial Pacific (see S. Res. 239), S4911 [26JY] (see H. Res. 388), H5896 [5AU] (see H. Res. 388), H5938 [6SE]

Silvis, IL: recognize memorial park on Hero Street USA as Hero Street Memorial Park and encourage town to continue to support park at no cost to U.S. taxpayers (see S. Res. 250), S5251 [2AU] (see H. Res. 381), H5733 [28JY]

V-E Day: anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe (see S. Res. 166), S2731 [5MY]

Veterans: provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (see H.R. 309), H254 [18JA]

———provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1718), H3060 [4MY]

Volunteer workers: tribute to service of air raid wardens and other volunteers for the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense (see H. Res. 488), H8261 [7DE]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1591), S5838 [21SE] (see H.R. 3001), H6342 [21SE]

West, Representative: disapprove statements offending the memory of Holocaust victims by comparing the Democratic Party to Joseph Goebbels (see H. Res. 504), H10015 [20DE]

Zamperini, Louis: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3700), H9925 [16DE]

Citations

Shinyei (Rocky) Matayoshi awarded Distinguished Service Cross: Dept. of the Army, E1033 [2JN]

Histories

U.S. POW Delegation Trip to Japan Participants, E1854 [13OC]

Letters

American Memorial Park annex in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands: Jude U. Hofschneider and Francisco Q. Cruz, Northern Mariana Islands Legislature, E494 [15MR]

Award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines: James F. Amos, H7026 [25OC]

———Representative Bachus, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7025 [25OC]

———Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7025 [25OC]

Navajo Code Talkers establishment: Clayton B. Vogel, H8252 [7DE]

Use of Emancipation Hall to award Congressional Gold Medal to 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service: Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), H6285 [21SE]

Lists

Navajo Code Talkers members, H8256-H8258 [7DE]

Navajo Code Talkers original 29 members, H8255 [7DE]

World War II veterans flown to Washington, DC, by Honor Flight Chicago (organization), E1597 [12SE]

World War II Veterans flown to Washington, DC, by Louisiana HonorAir (organization), S2728 [5MY], S2990 [16MY]

Motions

West, Representative: disapprove statements offending the memory of Holocaust victims by comparing the Democratic Party to Joseph Goebbels (H. Res. 504), H9995 [20DE]

Obituaries

Campos, Jesus T. (Jesse): Houston (TX) Chronicle, E1409 [26JY]

Roberts, Leonard E., Sr., E1297 [12JY]

Petitions and memorials

Northern Mariana Islands: American Memorial Park annex in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, E494 [15MR]

Poems

``Never to Forget,'' Howard W. Gutman, S3537 [7JN]

``Remember Pearl,'' Albert C. Caswell, E2227 [12DE]

Remarks in House

American Memorial Park: develop, maintain, and administer an annex in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 1103), E494 [15MR]

Anniversary, H7222 [2NO]

Arlington National Cemetery: tribute to ceremony at memorial for 40 fallen American servicemen who perished in the air crash during World War II at Bakers Creek, Australia, E1101 [15JN]

Battle of Colmar Pocket: anniversary, E2156 [1DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall to award Congressional Gold Medal to 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service for World War II service (S. Con. Res. 28), H6284-H6288 [21SE]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 33), H2584 [12AP]

———placement of statue or bust of Winston Churchill in U.S. Capitol (H. Res. 497), H9940-H9943 [19DE]

Chantilly, VA: tribute to Rocky Run Middle School ``The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation'' program, E1139, E1145 [21JN]

Chiriaco Summit, CA: tribute to General Patton Memorial Museum and World War II Desert Training Center, E1998 [3NO]

Claims: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (H.R. 1193), H7632 [16NO], E528 [17MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award to members of the Civil Air Patrol (H.R. 719), E382 [1MR]

———award to 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service for World War II service, E1980 [2NO]

———award to the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 2447), H7004 [24OC], H7019, H7024-H7030, H7043, H7044, H7045 [25OC], E1263 [7JY], E2003 [3NO], E2063 [16NO]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 1753), E827 [5MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 23), E1 [5JA]

Detroit, MI: tribute to automobile manufacturing ingenuity and development of technologies leading to electric drive vehicles and solar powered buildings, H517 [8FE]

Discrimination: recognize anniversary of Executive order authorizing internment of Japanese—American communities and increase awareness of events surrounding such internment, H949 [16FE]

Fayetteville, NC: dedication of North Carolina Veterans Park, E474 [14MR]

Garner, Thomas C.: Congressional Veteran Commendation for the 3d Congressional District of Texas recipient, E2210 [8DE]

Greece: recognize and appreciate significance, heroism, and sacrifice of the people of Crete during World War II and commend the PanCretan Association of America (H. Res. 179), E524 [17MR]

Guam: anniversary of Japanese invasion during World War II, E2223 [12DE]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations, H3427 [25MY]

———implement recommendations (H.R. 44), E10 [5JA]

Hawaii: premiere of documentary ``Under a Jarvis Moon'' which paid tribute to the Hui Panalaau, E842 [10MY]

———recognize accomplishments and sacrifices of Hui Panala'au men who participated in colonization project in Pacific islands, E1025 [2JN]

Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, H3096 [5MY], E780 [2MY], E803 [4MY]

Holocaust Remembrance Week: observance, E827 [5MY]

Honor Flight Chicago (organization): tribute, E1039 [3JN], E1069 [13JN], E1364 [20JY], E1597 [12SE], E1984 [2NO]

Honor Flight Iowa (organization): tribute, E1868 [14OC], E1923 [25OC]

Honor Flight Mississippi (organization): tribute, H6447 [23SE]

Honor Flight of Eastern Oregon (organization): tribute, E888 [13MY], E1676 [21SE], E1848 [13OC]

Honor Flight of Portland (organization): tribute, E1676 [21SE]

Honor Flight of the Quad Cities (organization): tribute, E1684 [22SE], E2015 [4NO]

Honor Flight Oregon (organization): tribute, E760 [15AP], E1753 [4OC]

Honor Flight South Alabama (organization): tribute, E799 [3MY], E1664 [20SE]

Honor Flight Upper Peninsula (organization): tribute, E1743 [3OC]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (H.R. 2115), E1050 [3JN]

———exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (H.R. 2116), E1050 [3JN]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (H.R. 890), H7632 [16NO]

Japan: commend for extending official apology to former U.S. POW from the Pacific War and moving forward in planning to invite surviving members to Japan (H. Res. 333), E1853 [13OC]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: tribute to performance of ``A Melancholy Beauty'', E1017 [2JN]

Latvia: anniversary of first Jewish settlements, E1164 [22JN]

Martini, Ray: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, E755 [15AP]

Matayoshi, Shinyei (Rocky): Army Distinguished Service Cross recipient, E1033 [2JN]

Montana: renewal of lease for a religious statue on Forest Service property, H7138 [27OC]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, H8192, H8202, H8203 [7DE], E2222 [9DE]

Navajo Code Talkers: tribute, H8252-H8258 [7DE], E2209 [8DE]

Nebraska: tribute to induction of Women Airforce Service Pilots into Nebraska Aviation Hall of Fame, E551 [29MR]

Plourde, Thomas: Congressional Gold Medal recipient, E1978 [2NO]

Poland: anniversary of Katyn Massacre by Soviet police, H2330, H2336 [6AP]

———anniversary of Warsaw Uprising, E1586 [9SE]

POW: tribute, E2077 [17NO]

———U.S. POW delegation trip to Japan, E1853 [13OC]

Ragsdale, Floyd D.: Bronze Star recipient, E1869 [14OC]

Reed, Jim: Congressional Veteran Commendation for the 3d Congressional District of Texas recipient, E2166 [2DE]

Riverside County, CA: tribute to Operation Recognition honorees, E1954 [27OC]

Seaton, England: tribute to residents for support of American Armed Forces members prior to the June 6, 1944 (D-Day), amphibious landing at Normandy, France, E929 [23MY]

Siegal, Sylvan: Bronze Star recipient, E1022 [2JN]

Silvis, IL: anniversary of Hero Street Memorial Park, E1917 [24OC]

———recognize memorial park on Hero Street USA as Hero Street Memorial Park and encourage town to continue to support park at no cost to U.S. taxpayers (H. Res. 381), H7167 [1NO], E1917 [24OC]

Somerset County, NJ: anniversary of John Basilone Memorial Parade, E1736 [3OC]

Staten Island, NY: tribute to Temple Israel Reform Congregation Yom Hashoah-Holocaust Commemoration Program, E1980 [2NO]

Terrell, TX: anniversary of first British flight training school, E662 [7AP]

U.S. merchant marines: tribute for service during World War II, E1177 [23JN]

Veterans: recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits, H6684, H6685 [11OC]

———tribute, E2009 [4NO]

West, Representative: disapprove statements offending the memory of Holocaust victims by comparing the Democratic Party to Joseph Goebbels (H. Res. 504), H9986, H9995 [20DE]

Williams, Leni M.: Congressional Veteran Commendation for the 3d Congressional District of Texas recipient, E2177 [2DE]

Wilmington, NC: recognition as ``America's World War II City'', E733 [15AP]

Ziegler, Melvin E.: Bronze Star recipient, E132 [26JA]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay, S7279 [9NO]

Burma: tribute to efforts to support Allied forces during World War II, S6453 [12OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall to award Congressional Gold Medal to 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service for World War II service (S. Con. Res. 28), S5464 [8SE]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 33), S2554, S2555 [14AP]

Cetnar, Joseph: award American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Honorable Service Lapel Button posthumously, S5333 [6SE]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent: establish (S. 64), S178 [25JA]

Congressional Gold Medal: award to Bataan defenders (S. 2004), S8687 [15DE]

———award to the First Special Service Force (S. 1460), S5193 [1AU]

———award to the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 2447), S7277, S7304 [9NO], S7362 [10NO], S7697 [17NO]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (S. 900), S2740 [5MY]

Dept. of the Army: determine validity of certain Filipinos' claims that they performed military service on behalf of the U.S. during World War II (S. 63), S177 [25JA]

Deutscher, Raymond: award several military medals and commendations posthumously, S5334 [6SE]

Honor Flight Louisiana (organization): tribute, S3678 [9JN]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (S. 1141), S3449 [26MY]

Japan: commend for extending official apology to former U.S. POW from the Pacific War and moving forward in planning to invite surviving members to Japan (S. Res. 333), S7782, S7783 [17NO]

Kelly, Colin P., Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 303), S7628 [16NO]

Kisters, Gerry H.: Medal of Honor recipient, S5185 [1AU]

Louisiana HonorAir (organization): tribute, S2728 [5MY], S2990 [16MY]

Meder, Raymond: award Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman Badge 1st Award, World War II Victory Medal, and Honorable Service Lapel Button posthumously, S5333 [6SE]

Mount Hood (U.S.S.): tribute, S861 [17FE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, S8372 [6DE], S8381, S8382, S8393, S8394, S8398 [7DE]

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WA: tribute, S5014 [28JY]

Peara, Edgar: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, S2504 [14AP]

Poland: anniversary of Katyn Massacre by Soviet police, S2343 [8AP]

Schneider, Peter: award Bronze Star, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal posthumously, S5334 [6SE]

Sicily: anniversary of Allied invasion, S5185 [1AU]

Silvis, IL: recognize memorial park on Hero Street USA as Hero Street Memorial Park and encourage town to continue to support park at no cost to U.S. taxpayers (S. Res. 250), S5267 [2AU]

Texas: tribute to Brookshire Grocery Co., and Super 1 Foods World War II Heroes Flight to Washington, DC, S2773 [9MY]

U.S.S. Arizona Memorial: tribute to Japanese tea ceremony to honor those killed at Pearl Harbor and to promote world peace, S4673 [19JY]

V-E Day: anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe (S. Res. 166), S2752 [5MY]

War: decisionmaking process prior to declaration of war, S3881 [16JN]

Resolutions by organizations

North Carolina Veterans Park Dedication: North Carolina Senate, E474 [14MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 33, use of Capitol rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust, H2584 [12AP]

H. Res. 497, placement of statue or bust of Winston Churchill in U.S. Capitol, H9940 [19DE]

H. Res. 504, disapprove statements by Representative West offending the memory of Holocaust victims by comparing the Democratic Party to Joseph Goebbels, H9995 [20DE]

H.R. 2447, award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines, H7024 [25OC]

S. 63, determine validity of certain Filipinos' claims that they performed military service on behalf of the U.S. during World War II, S178 [25JA]

S. 64, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act, S178-S180 [25JA]

S. Con. Res. 28, use of Capitol Emancipation Hall to award Congressional Gold Medal to 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service for World War II service, S5270 [2AU], S5464 [8SE], H6284 [21SE]

S. Res. 166, V-E Day, the end of World War II in Europe, anniversary, S2745, S2752 [5MY]

S. Res. 239, acknowledge contributions of colonists of Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Canton, and Enderbury islands from 1935-1942, facilitating U.S. claim of sovereignty into the Equatorial Pacific, S4913 [26JY]

S. Res. 250, recognize memorial park on Hero Street USA as Hero Street Memorial Park and encourage town of Silvis, IL, to continue to support park at no cost to U.S. taxpayers, S5267 [2AU]

S. Res. 303, tribute to Colin P. Kelly, Jr., S6879 [20OC], S7628 [16NO]

S. Res. 333, commend Japan for extending official apology to former U.S. POW from the Pacific War and moving forward in planning to invite surviving members to Japan, S7712, S7783 [17NO]