WORLD WAR II see also War

Amendments

Jan Karski Day: designate (S. Res. 371), S2040, S2041 [1AP]

Zamperini, Louis S.: tribute (S. Res. 531), S6303 [3DE]

Articles and editorials

Closing an Abhorrent Loophole, H8236 [2DE]

Family Gets World War II Casualty’s Belongings, S1310 [5MR]

Nazi Criminals Getting Benefits? Yes, It’s True, H8236 [2DE]

No SSNs for the SS, H8235 [2DE]

Shameful Social Security Benefits for Expelled Nazis, H8236 [2DE]

Stop the Payments—Former Nazis Overseas Shouldn’t Get Social Security, H8236 [2DE]

Telling the American Military Story . . . One Service Member at a Time, S4697 [22JY]

Veterans From Lexington, Louisville Areas Mark D-Day Anniversary This Weekend, S3656 [12JN]

Washington Area Holocaust Survivors Share Histories in Day of Remembrance, E645 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions

Anderson, Robert H.: tribute (see S. Res. 581), S6095 [18NO]

Armed Forces: tribute to members who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France (see S. Res. 421), S2379 [10AP]

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial: designate (see H.R. 4751), H4909 [28MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to award Congressional Gold Medals to World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H. Con. Res. 120), H8365 [3DE]

——— permit use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 90), H2256 [6MR]

——— permit use of rotunda for presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to next of kin or personal representative of Raoul Wallenberg (see S. Con. Res. 36), S3295 [22MY]

Cates, Clifton B.: urge naming of Navy ship in honor (see H. Res. 637), H5640 [23JN]

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. 482), H1771 [11FE]

Closset, Marcel: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient (see H. Res. 752), H7938 [12NO]

Colorado Springs, CO: recognize National Museum of World War II Aviation as America’s National World War II Aviation Museum (see H. Res. 681), H6745 [23JY]

Congressional Gold Medal: make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 4488), H3240 [28AP]

Courts: clarify exception to foreign sovereign jurisdictional immunity as it applies to certain art exhibitions (see H.R. 4292), H2644 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: provide seven person firing parties in the funeral honors details for World War II veterans (see H.R. 5760), H8169 [20NO]

Dept. of the Interior: determine suitability and feasibility of adding sites associated with forced relocation and confinement of Aleut people during World War II in Alaska as unit of National Park System (see S. 2716), S5216 [31JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate one U.S. city each year as an ‘‘American World War II City’’ (see S. 2978), S6350 [4DE]

International law: hold war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals accountable by encouraging foreign prosecution and extradition of such suspects and criminals (see H.R. 4074), H1880 [21FE]

Jan Karski Day: designate (see S. Res. 371), S1315 [5MR]

Jewish American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 458), S3294 [22MY]

Karski, Jan: tribute (see S. Res. 594), S6351 [4DE]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see S. 2920), S5993 [13NO] (see H.R. 5706), H7979 [13NO]

——— terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see S. 2944), S6148 [19NO] (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

Poland: anniversary of Warsaw Uprising (see S. Res. 513), S4763 [23JY] (see H. Res. 690), H6859 [25JY]

Smithsonian Institution: allow display of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Montford Point Marines (see S. 2147), S1653 [13MR]

Veterans: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see S. 2507), S3863 [19JN]

——— tribute to Easy Company, 2d Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (see S. Res. 401), S1819 [27MR]

Wolfeboro, NH: anniversary of Wright Museum of WWII History (see S. Res. 501), S4454 [14JY]

Zamperini, Louis S.: tribute (see S. Res. 531), S5218 [31JY] (see H. Res. 774), H8868 [8DE]

Citations

Medal of Honor awarded to Floyd K. Lindstrom, H5382 [17JN]

Letters

Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act: Greg Schneider, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc., H3430 [6MY]

Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act and No Social Security for Nazis Act: Jason Isaacson, American Jewish Committee, H8232 [2DE]

No Social Security for Nazis Act: Allan J. Jacobs and Daniel S. Mariaschin, B’nai B’rith International (organization), H8233 [2DE]

——— Dan Weber, Association of Mature American Citizens, H8233 [2DE]

——— Eric Kingson and Nancy Altman, Strengthen Social Security Coalition, H8234 [2DE]

——— Max Richtman, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H8234 [2DE]

——— Morton Klein, Zionist Organization of America, H8234 [2DE]

——— Noah Silverman, Republican Jewish Coalition, H8234 [2DE]

——— William C. Daroff, Jewish Federations of North America, H8233 [2DE]

U.S. apology to Italian Americans for restriction of freedom during World War II: Chet Campanella, E450 [26MR]

Lists

Veterans brought to visit national memorials by Honor Flight Northern Colorado (organization), S1915 [1AP], E986 [13JN]

Veterans brought to visit national memorials by Honor Flight Southern Colorado (organization), S3537 [10JN]

World War II veterans brought to visit national memorials by Honor Flight Northern Colorado (organization), S4899 [24JY]

Obituaries

Van Kirk, Theodore (Dutch), S5324 [1AU]

Prayers

Prayer for the Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day: Franklin D. Roosevelt, S3456 [5JN], E917 [9JN]

Remarks in House

African Americans: officially recognize the service and sacrifice of soldiers of the 333d Field Artillery Battalion who were massacred during the Battle of the Bulge, E867 [29MY]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (H.R. 1726), H4440–H4444 [19MY]

——— tribute to Army 555th Parachute Infantry Co., E1398 [11SE]

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial: designate (H.R. 4751), H7272, H7273 [8SE]

Barone, Angelo (Abe): French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, E880 [30MY]

Battle of the Bulge: anniversary, E1532 [12NO]

Burrows, Charles R.: Navy Commendation Medal recipient, E234 [25FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to award Congressional Gold Medals to World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (H. Con. Res. 120), H8344 [3DE]

——— permit use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 90), H2986 [7AP]

——— permit use of rotunda for presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to next of kin or personal representative of Raoul Wallenberg (S. Con. Res. 36), H5136, H5137 [9JN]

Carroll, Jim: French Knight of the Legion of Honor Medal recipient, H8200 [1DE]

Cates, Clifton B.: urge naming of Navy ship in honor (H. Res. 637), E1052 [23JN]

Civil liberties: Executive order restricting freedom of German and Italian Americans and ordering internment of Japanese Americans, E449 [26MR]

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. 1505), E614 [29AP]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish, E449 [26MR]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish, E449 [26MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award to members of the Civil Air Patrol (S. 309), H4453–H4456 [19MY]

——— award to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (H.R. 3658), H4449–H4451 [19MY]

——— award to the Montford Point Marines, H1602 [5FE]

——— make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 4488), H3253, H3254 [29AP]

Courts: clarify exception to foreign sovereign jurisdictional immunity as it applies to certain art exhibitions (H.R. 4292), H3428–H3430 [6MY]

D-Day: recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, the amphibious landing at Normandy, France, H4920, H4922, H4926 [29MY], H5029, H5056 [30MY], H5190, H5193, H5195 [10JN], E890 [30MY], E917 [9JN], E943 [10JN], E1094 [30JN]

Dept. of Defense: tribute to U.S. Navy Airborne Early Warning Squadron One, E183 [10FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II, H4753 [21MY]

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 (S. 1044), H5607, H5608 [23JN]

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. 1936), H4815 [22MY], E580 [10AP]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1209), H4451–H4453 [19MY]

Dorchester (U.S.A.T.): tribute to chaplains who were killed in action during World War II, H1602 [5FE]

Flying Tigers: tribute, H3059 [9AP]

History: parallels of events preceding World War II to situation in Ukraine, H2294–H2299 [11MR]

——— significance of the Iron Curtain and the destruction of the Berlin Wall, H2291 [11MR]

Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, H3201, H3221, H3234 [28AP], H3251 [29AP], H3296, H3301 [30AP], E602, E607, E608, E609 [28AP], E613 [29AP], E645 [30AP], E668 [2MY]

Honor Flight Northern Colorado (organization): tribute, E986 [13JN]

Honor Flight of Eastern Oregon (organization): tribute, E954 [11JN]

Honor Flight of Oregon (organization): tribute, E591 [28AP], E868 [29MY], E1453 [19SE]

Honor Flight of Portland (organization): tribute, E954 [11JN]

Honor Flight of Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas (organization): tribute, E1614 [18NO]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in remembrance of Armed Forces members who died in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France, during World War II, H4932 [29MY]

Jacks, Anton F.: French Legion of Honor for U.S. Veterans award recipient, E1168 [16JY]

Japan: anniversary of House resolution encouraging issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II, E1270 [30JY]

——— encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II, E142 [29JA], E269 [27FE], E829 [22MY], E1452 [19SE]

Jung Cheong Rae: commend efforts to oppose White House petition calling for removal of Glendale, CA, ‘‘Comfort Woman’’ statue honoring women forced into prostitution by Japanese army during World War II, E142 [29JA]

Lakeland, FL: dedication of World War II Memorial Plaza at Veterans Park, E1742 [4DE]

Lopez, Guadalupe: Silver Star recipient, E997 [17JN]

Merrill’s Marauders unit: tribute, E1314 [1AU]

Miami, FL: Wings Over Miami Air Museum tribute to World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), H1721 [11FE]

Nagler, Arthur: support efforts to obtain World War II military records to facilitate awarding of Purple Heart for being wounded in service, E1440 [17SE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, H8285 [3DE], H8367 [4DE], E1742 [4DE]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5706), H8235 [2DE], E1564 [13NO]

——— terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5739), H8077, H8080 [19NO], H8232–H8237 [2DE], E1697 [2DE], E1733 [4DE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to 11th Congressional District veterans, E709 [8MY]

——— tribute to veterans who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima, E676 [6MY]

Perino, Bruno: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, E219 [18FE]

Poland: anniversary of Katyn Massacre by Soviet police, H2860 [3AP]

Riverside County, CA: tribute to Operation Recognition high school diploma recipients, E1583 [14NO]

Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park: anniversary, E1461 [19SE]

Sales, Robert L.: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, E219 [18FE]

Solano, Pat: Pittston (PA) Dispatch Joseph Saporito Lifetime of Service Award recipient, E432 [25MR]

St. Cloud Honor Flight (organization): tribute, E710 [8MY]

Stitzer, John L.: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, E889 [30MY]

Texas: tribute to members of U.S.S. Houston and Army National Guard 2d Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment known as the ‘‘Lost Battalion’’ for service during World War II, E1759 [9DE]

Texas Panhandle Honor Flight (organization): tribute, E1630 [19NO]

Texas Permian Basin Honor Flight (organization): tribute, E1427 [17SE]

Texas (U.S.S.): anniversary, E378 [13MR]

Thousand Oaks, CA: tribute to World War II veterans of Belmont Village Senior Living, E808 [21MY]

Ukraine: parallels of Soviet actions preceding World War II and annexing of nations during World War II to current Russian involvement, H2903–H2905 [3AP]

Veterans: tribute to 485th Bomb Group reunion in Dallas, TX, E1428 [17SE]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal, H6041 [10JY]

Wayne Township, PA: tribute to Hometown Heroes Celebration, H7440 [11SE]

Wings of Freedom Tour (organization): anniversary, E29 [9JA]

Women: tribute to contributions on the home front, E1461 [19SE]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal, H1721 [11FE]

World War II Memorial: anniversary of dedication, E861 [29MY]

Remarks in Senate

Always Free Honor Flight (organization): tribute, S3230 [21MY]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (H.R. 1726), S3308 [22MY], S3536 [10JN]

——— tribute to members who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France (S. Res. 421), S2387 [10AP], S3243 [21MY]

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial: designate (H.R. 4751), S5720 [17SE]

Benza, Gaetano R.: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, S3466 [5JN]

Big Sky Honor Flight (organization): tribute, S2905 [12MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to award Congressional Gold Medals to World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (H. Con. Res. 120), S6356 [4DE]

——— permit use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 90), S2287 [8AP]

——— permit use of rotunda for presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to next of kin or personal representative of Raoul Wallenberg (S. Con. Res. 36), S3309 [22MY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (H.R. 3658), S3192 [20MY]

——— make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 4488), S3308 [22MY]

D-Day: recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, the amphibious landing at Normandy, France, S3421 [4JN], S3433, S3434, S3447–S3449, S3455–S3457, S3463, S3465 [5JN], S3582 [11JN]

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 (S. 1044), S3455–S3457, S3459, S3461, S3462 [5JN]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1209), S3192 [20MY]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 381), S2318 [9AP]

Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, S2420 [28AP]

Honor Flight Alaska (organization): tribute to Last Frontier and Golden Heart Chapters, S2464 [29AP]

Honor Flight Bluegrass Chapter (organization): tribute, S3434 [5JN]

Honor Flight Clarksburg (organization): tribute, S2860 [8MY]

Honor Flight Northern Colorado (organization): tribute, S1915 [1AP], S4899 [24JY]

Honor Flight Southern Colorado (organization): tribute, S3537 [10JN]

Jan Karski Day: designate (S. Res. 371), S2041 [1AP]

Jewish American Heritage Month: observance (S. Res. 458), S3308, S3309 [22MY]

Karski, Jan: tribute (S. Res. 594), S6356 [4DE]

Last Frontier Honor Flight (organization): tribute, S5986 [13NO]

Leonard, Davis B.: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, S3466 [5JN]

National Air and Space Museum: tribute to documentary ‘‘D-Day 3D—Normandy 1944’’, S3176 [20MY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, S6379–S6381 [8DE]

Native Americans: awarding of Congressional Gold Medal to Native American Code Talkers, S3463 [5JN]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5739), S6354 [4DE]

Poland: anniversary of Warsaw Uprising (S. Res. 513), S5314 [31JY]

Richland, WA: anniversary of Hanford B Reactor, S5855 [18SE]

Schwab, Donald K.: posthumous Medal of Honor recipient, S1917 [1AP]

Smithsonian Institution: allow display of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Montford Point Marines (S. 2147), S1667 [13MR]

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: tribute to members, S67 [7JA]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal, S4327 [9JY]

Wolfeboro, NH: anniversary of Wright Museum of WWII History (S. Res. 501), S4846 [23JY]

Zamperini, Louis S.: tribute (S. Res. 531), S6307 [3DE]

Reports filed

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4751) (H. Rept. 113–579), H7295 [8SE]

Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4292) (H. Rept. 113–435), H3445 [6MY]

Tribute to Armed Forces Members Who Participated in the June 6, 1944, Amphibious Landing at Normandy, France: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 421), S3183 [20MY]

Warsaw Uprising Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 513), S5047 [29JY]

World War II Memorial Prayer Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1044) (S. Rept. 113–141), S1870 [31MR]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2175) (H. Rept. 113–500), H5823 [30JN]

Statements

Holocaust Remembrance and Founding of Israel Anniversary: Israel Zoberman, E858 [29MY]

No Social Security for Nazis Act: J Street (organization), H8233 [2DE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 90, use of Capitol Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust, H2986 [7AP]

H. Con. Res. 120, use of Capitol Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to award Congressional Gold Medals to World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol, H8344 [3DE]

H.R. 1209, award Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Congressional Gold Medal, H4451 [19MY]

H.R. 1726, award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers, H4440 [19MY]

H.R. 3658, Monuments Men Recognition Act, H4449 [19MY]

H.R. 4292, Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act, H3428 [6MY]

H.R. 4488, Gold Medal Technical Corrections Act, H3253 [29AP]

H.R. 4751, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, H7272 [8SE]

H.R. 5739, No Social Security for Nazis Act, H8232 [2DE]

S. 309, award World War II Civil Air Patrol members Congressional Gold Medal, H4453 [19MY]

S. 1044, World War II Memorial Prayer Act, S3461 [5JN], H5607 [23JN]

S. 2147, allow Smithsonian Institution display of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Montford Point Marines, S1667 [13MR]

S. Con. Res. 36, use of Capitol rotunda for presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to next of kin or personal representative of Raoul Wallenberg, S3303 [22MY], H5136 [9JN]

S. Res. 371, Jan Karski Day, S1323 [5MR]

S. Res. 401, tribute to Easy Company, 2d Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II, S1831 [27MR]

S. Res. 421, tribute to Armed Forces members who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France, S2387 [10AP]

S. Res. 458, Jewish American Heritage Month, S3300 [22MY]

S. Res. 501, Wright Museum of WWII History anniversary, S4458 [14JY]

S. Res. 513, Warsaw Uprising anniversary, S4770 [23JY]

S. Res. 531, tribute to Louis S. Zamperini, S5234 [31JY], S6307 [3DE]

S. Res. 581, tribute to Robert H. Anderson, S6097 [18NO]

S. Res. 594, tribute to Jan Karski, S6352 [4DE]