today, joins ralph's wife jeannie, theirgh martha, their in an extraordi am to welcome colonel ralph, jr. to the capital. >> and we want to welcome all of our visitors for this important and solemn occasion. it is a gre to be a part of it. as speaker faust it is my privilege to show the house profound gratitude for colonel puckett, and all of our korean war veterans. colonel puckett's model was simple. you said it this way. this is his quote. be there. when the going gets tough, when there's cold weather, rainy weather, somebody shooting at you hot,a y are going without food, whatever it is, be there. cold in november 1950, colonel puckett was there for his man country. antedate america gets to show our thanks, the lastving medal of honor recipient from the korean war. and we all get a chance to be ts family, honor his life and sacrifice in these hallowed halls of american democracy. colonel puckett was a u.s. army ranger and a veteran of the korean war and the vietnam wars. for his contributions his 22 years of service in the army rangers, heerstars, two bronze stars, five purple he