Political Quotes

“Tonight I rise on behalf of myself and others to recognize the services of the distinguished chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Strom Thurmond. I am pleased to introduce this amendment which would name the Department of Defense authorization bill presently under consideration after our chairman, Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. Very few, if any, persons in American history have made the contributions, in length and quality, to the national defense that Senator Thurmond has made. First commissioned a Reserve officer in 1924, he volunteered for active duty in 1941. He went into Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, in a glider with the 82d Airborne Division, and fought throughout the campaigns in northern Europe. Transferred then as a volunteer to go to the Pacific theater following the surrender of Germany, he served then in the Philippines when Japan surrendered. Promoted to brigadier general in the Army Reserve in 1954 and to major general in 1959, Senator Thurmond remained on active status until 1965.”