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2008 POW/MIA Recognition Day

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 17, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Military Personnel Veterans Arts, Entertainment, and History


2008 POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY -- (Extensions of Remarks - September 17, 2008)

SPEECH OF
HON. JOHN SHIMKUS
OF ILLINOIS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

* Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 2008 National Observance of POW/MIA Recognition Day.

* In each conflict since the Revolution, brave Americans have found themselves prisoners of the enemy. Far from home and country, cut off from news of loved ones for months or even years, sometimes subjected to physical and mental abuse, these Americans held out the hope that they would one day see home again. Through the horrors of Andersonville and the Bataan Death March, American prisoners of war have endured the cruelest of humanity. Some did not survive to have their much awaited reunion with loved ones. All have earned our Nation's abiding respect and admiration for the sacrifices they made for our Nation.

* It is my privilege to join this day with my colleagues in honoring the 2008 National Observance of POW/MIA Recognition Day. Let us never forget these great Americans and all that they have done for us.


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