#aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bagj ,,an ,,act ,to name the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs community-based outpatient clinic in ,toms ,river1 ,new ,jersey1 the ,leonard ,g4 ',bud' ,lomell1 ,,va ,clinic1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs outpatient clinic1 a state-of-the-art facility serving the region's largest veteran population1 located at #ajee ,hooper ,avenue1 recently opened in the ,township of ,toms ,river1 ,ocean ,county1 ,new ,jersey1 in the ,fourth ,congressional ,district4 7#b7 ,the local community1 including veterans1 believe that this facility deserves to be named in honor of ,second ,lieutenant ,leonard ,g4 ,bud ,lomell1 a long time ,toms ,river and ,ocean ,county resident1 who served courageously and heroically during ,world ,war ,,ii4 7#c7 ,second ,lieutenant ,lomell was born in #aibj1 the adopted son of ,scandinavian immigrant parents living in ,brooklyn1 ,new ,york1 and his family eventually moved to ,point ,pleasant ,beach1 ,new ,jersey4 7#d7 ,after graduating from ,tennessee ,wesleyan ,college1 ,second ,lieutenant ,lomell was drafted into the ,army1 serving first with the #gfth 7,liberty ,bell7 ,infantry ,division4 ,when the #bnd ,ranger ,battalion was formed in ,april #aidc1 ,leonard ,lomell was invited to be the ,first ,sergeant of ,d ,company4 7#e7 ,on ,d-,day1 ,june #f1 #aidd1 ,first ,sergeant ,lomell's platoon landed at ,pointe du ,hoc1 ,normandy1 ,france1 successfully scaling the cliffs1 despite a withering ,german defensive barrage4 7#f7 ,pointe du ,hoc1 a rugged #ajj-;foot-high coastal promenade along the ,english ,channel was located between the ,american landing beaches1 ,omaha and ,utah4 ,it was heavily defended by the ,germans and the mission of ,colonel ,james ,earl ,rudder's #bbe ,rangers was to disable five #aee-millimeter artillery guns1 which could have rained artillery fire on the ,american forces landing on either beach1 jeopardizing the invasion4 7#g7 ,unknown to the ,american forces1 the guns had been moved from the tip of the ,pointe and hidden1 pointed in the direction of ,utah ,beach1 in an inland apple orchard nearly a mile from the coastal batteries4 7#h7 ,first ,sergeant ,lomell and another ,ranger1 ,sergeant ,jack ,kuhn1 found the guns undefended1 and1 with ,kuhn providing cover1 ,lomell destroyed the weapons with thermite grenades and used his rifle butt to smash the sights of the guns4 7#i7 ,first ,sergeant ,lomell subsequently received a battlefield promotion to ,second ,lieutenant1 and was awarded some of the ,army's highest honors1 including the ,distinguished ,service ,cross1 ,purple ,heart1 and ,silver ,star4 7#aj7 ,renowned historian ,steven ,ambrose regarded ,first ,sergeant ,lomell's valiant acts along with ,general ,eisenhower's decision to invade on ,june #f1 #aidd1 as the most significant actions ensuring the ,allied victory on ,d-,day4 7#aa7 ,following ,world ,war ,,ii1 ,second ,lieutenant ,lomell was appointed as the ,first ,director of the newly organized ,ocean ,county ,veteran's ,service ,bureau1 serving from #aidf until #aidh1 before he attended law school on the ,g4,i4 ,bill4 7#ab7 ,leonard ,lomell and his wife1 ,charlotte ,ewart ,lomell1 settled their growing family in ,toms ,river1 where1 in #aieg1 ,leonard established his own law firm1 which grew to become one of ,ocean ,county's largest firms4 7#ac7 ,leonard ,lomell was involved in numerous local civic1 business1 and charitable organizations1 including serving as president of the ,ocean ,county ,bar ,association1 a director of the ,first ,national ,bank of ,toms ,river1 a member of the ,dover ,township ,board of ,education1 and a co-founder of the ,garden ,state ,philharmonic4 ,he was also ,national ,commander of the ,legion of ,valor 7#aifd-aife7 and ,president of the ,ranger ,battalion ,association of ,world ,war ,,ii 7#aifg7 and served on the ,french ,committee of ,pointe du ,hoc4 7#ad7 ,second ,lieutenant ,lomell is profiled in ,the ,greatest ,generation1 former ,,nbc news ,anchor ,tom ,brokaw's testament to the heroes of ,world ,war ,,ii1 and ,len ,lomell3 ,d-,day ,hero1 ,steven ,m4 ,gillon's entry in the ,american ,war ,heroes ,series4 7#ae7 ,as a decorated war hero1 model citizen1 and dedicated husband and father1 ,second ,lieutenant ,lomell is exceedingly deserving of the posthumous honor of having a new and long-awaited ,toms ,river-based ,department of ,veterans ,affairs outpatient clinic named in his honor4 #b4 ,name of ,department of ,veterans ,affairs community-based outpatient clinic1 ,toms ,river1 ,new ,jersey ,the community-based outpatient clinic of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs in ,toms ,river1 ,new ,jersey1 shall1 after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 be known and designated as the ,leonard ,g4 ,bud ,lomell ,,va ,clinic4 ,any reference to such clinic in any law1 regulation1 map1 document1 record1 or other paper of the ,united ,states shall be considered to be a reference to the ,leonard ,g4 ,bud ,lomell ,,va ,clinic4 ,passed the ,house of ,representatives ,july #ba1 #bjbe4;,clerk4