Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office
Floor Speech
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Mr. GILL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1830) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the ``Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office''.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1830
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. COMMANDER DELBERT AUSTIN OLSON POST OFFICE.
(a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, shall be known and designated as the ``Commander Delbert Austin Olson 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 ``Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office''.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, which would rename a post office in Casselton, North Dakota, for U.S. Navy Commander Delbert Austin Olson.
Commander Olson entered the U.S. Navy from North Dakota and served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
On January 11, 1968, he piloted a mission that took off from Thailand and, while descending into the target area, the aircraft crashed, killing Commander Olson.
Commander Olson's remains were not recovered until 2001, and he has been memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Commander Olson was married to his wife, Patricia, and had two children, Dana and Eric.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. GILL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill naming a post office for Commander Olson, who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to a grateful nation. I yield back the balance of my time.
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