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 108 STAT. 5110 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—AUG. 10, 1994 Aug. 10, 1994 " THE CORNERSTONES OF THE UNITED STATES [s. Con. Res. 41] CAPITOL"— SENATE PRINT Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That there shall be printed as a Senate document, the book entitled 'The Cornerstones of the United States Capitol", prepared by the Office of the Architect of the Capitol. SEC. 2. Such document shall include illustrations, and shall be in such style, form, manner, and binding as directed by the Joint Committee on Printing sifter consultation with the Secretary of the Senate. SEC. 3. In addition to the usual number, there shall be printed, for the use of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Capitol, the lesser of— (1) 50,000 copies of the document; or (2) such number of copies of the document as does not exceed a total production and printing cost of $59,697. Agreed to August 10, 1994. Aug. 23, 1994 [H. Con. Res. 215] HONORING JAMES NORMAN HALL Whereas James Norman Hall, a native son of the State of Iowa born in Colfax in 1887, and a graduate of Grinnell College, was a decorated war hero, noted adventurer, and acclaimed author, who was revered and loved in Frsince and Tahiti, and throughout the South Pacific; Whereas James Norman Hall exhibited an unwavering commitment to freedom and democracy by volunteering for military service early in World War I and by fighting alongside British forces in the worst of trench warfare, including the Battle of Loos, where he was one of few survivors; Whereas James Norman Hall continued his fight for liberty by becoming a pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille, an American pursuit squadron of the French Air Service, and his courageous and daring feats in air battles earned him France's highest medals, including the Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, and Croix de Guerre with 5 Palms; Whereas James Norman Hall was commissioned as a Captain in the United States Army Air Service when the United States entered World War I, continued his legendary exploits as an ace pilot, acted as wing commander and mentor for then-Lieutenant Eddie Rickenbacker, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross Medal, for gallantry and bravery in battle, by General Pershing; Whereas James Norman Hall sought serenity after the destructiveness of World War I, moved to the South Pacific in 1920, married a Tahitian woman and lived in Tahiti for over 3 decades, and wrote a prodigious number of articles and books in the library of his home in Arue, Tahiti; Whereas much of James Norman Hall's writing enriched the world's understanding of Tahiti and the South Pacific; Whereas James Norman Hall coauthored, with Charles Nordhoflf, classic masterpieces that have come to epitomize the tropics.

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