Lieutenant Colonel James ``maggie'' Megellas Post Office

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Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 1826) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 99 West 2nd Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as the Lieutenant Colonel James ``Maggie'' Megellas Post Office.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: S. 1826

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES ``MAGGIE'' MEGELLAS POST OFFICE.

(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 99 West 2nd Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the ``Lieutenant Colonel James `Maggie' Megellas Post Office''.

(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Lieutenant Colonel James `Maggie' Megellas Post Office''.

I rise today in support of S. 1826, introduced by Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

The bill designates the post office at 99 West Second Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as the Lieutenant Colonel James ``Maggie'' Megellas Post Office.

Our colleague and fellow member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Representative Glenn Grothman, introduced a House companion bill, but we are pleased today to be taking up the Senate version, as it will get to the President's desk faster.

Retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Megellas is a highly decorated veteran of World War II and an individual whose story is one of remarkable bravery.

He graduated from college in 1942, accepting a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army, where he served--courageously, I might add--as an elite paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division.

One of the most remarkable stories about Lieutenant Colonel Megellas comes during service in the Battle of the Bulge, where he single- handedly destroyed a German Panther tank and saved the lives of many of his men.

Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to support this bill and name a post office after this true American hero.
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Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. Speaker, I urge the adoption of the bill.

I yield back the balance of my time.
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