,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ah1 #bjac    
,mrs4 ,beatty introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to authorize and request the   
,president to award the ,medal of ,honor
 posthumously to ,major ,dominic ,s4    
,gentile of the ,united ,states ,army   
,air ,forces for acts of valor during   
,world ,war ,,ii4  #a4 ,authorization   
and request for award of ,medal of      
,honor to ,dominic ,s4 ,gentile for acts
 of valor during ,world ,war ,,ii  7a7  
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3  7#a7 ,major ,dominic ,s4     
,gentile of the ,united ,states ,army   
,air ,forces destroyed at least #cj     
enemy aircraft during ,world ,war ,,ii1 
making him one of the highest scoring   
fighter pilots in ,american history and 
earning him the title of ,ace of ,aces4 
7#b7 ,major ,gentile was the first      
,american fighter pilot to surpass      

,captain ,eddie ,rickenbacker's ,,wwi   
record of #bf enemy aircraft destroyed4 
7#c7 ,major ,gentile was awarded several
 medals in recognition of his acts of   
valor during ,world ,war ,,ii1 including
 two ,distinguished ,service ,crosses1  
seven ,distinguished ,flying ,crosses1  
the ,silver ,star1 the ,air ,medal1 and 
received similar honors from ,great     
,britain1 ,italy1 ,belgium1 and ,canada4
  7#d7 ,major ,gentile was born in      
,piqua1 ,ohio1 and died ,january #bc1   
#aiea1 after which he was posthumously  
appointed to the rank of major4  7#e7   
,major ,gentile is buried in ,columbus1 
,ohio4 ,gentile ,air ,force ,station in 
,kettering1 ,ohio1 is named in his honor
 and he was inducted into the ,national 
,aviation ,hall of ,fame in #aiie4  7b7 
,authorization ,notwithstanding the time
 limitations specified in section #cgdd 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 or 
any other time limitation with respect  
to the awarding of certain medals to    
persons who served in the ,armed        

,forces1 the ,president is authorized   
and requested to award the ,medal of    
,honor posthumously under section #cgda 
of such title to former ,major ,dominic 
,s4 ,gentile of the ,united ,states     
,army ,air ,forces for the acts of valor
 during ,world ,war ,,ii described in   
subsection 7c74  7c7 ,acts of valor     
described ,the acts of valor referred to
 in subsection 7b7 are the actions of   
then ,major ,dominic ,s4 ,gentile who1  
as a pilot of a ,p-#ea ,mustang in the  
,army's #ccfth ,fighter ,squadron1      
,fourth ,fighter ,group1 of the ,eighth 
,air ,force in ,europe during ,world    
,war ,,ii1 distinguished himself        
conspicuously by gallantry and          
intrepidity at the risk of his life     
above and beyond the call of duty by    
destroying at least #cj enemy aircraft  
during his service in the ,united ,state
 ,army ,air ,forces4