On the recordOctober 11, 1995
I am proud to be one of 21 current Members of the House of Representatives being honored for military service during World War II. We, along with the millions of other young men and women who served our country in uniform during that war, strongly believed we were each doing our part for America. We all served together, side by side. One people, one war, one commitment, and one objective--to restore the peace and the freedom to those overwhelmed by tyranny. Americans of all religions, of all races, and of diverse political philosophies, came together on the battlefield and on the homefront, helping to extinguish the flames of oppression and the evil that infected mankind throughout the world. America provided a beacon of hope in a dark sea of despair. On our road to victory in World War II, the names of the battles and the campaigns are engraved in the annals of war and history.
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