[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 83 (Monday, June 27, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                   TRIBUTE TO CAPT. FRED E. WAY, JR.

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                         HON. NICK J. RAHALL II

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 27, 1994

  Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the late Capt. Fred 
E. Way, Jr., U.S. Army, retired. Captain Way was the commanding officer 
of the 639th antiaircraft, battery C, which was attached to the First 
Army under the distinguished leadership of Gen. Omar Bradley in the 
Second World War.
  The gallant Captain Way played a fundamental role in liberating the 
prisoners of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp on April 11, 1945. In 
addition to his valiant efforts in this campaign, Mr. Way directly 
assisted a prisoner, Leopold Lowy, who suffered both mentally and 
physically from the wrath of Hitler's Holocaust.
  Captain Way took the famished and forlorn Lowy under his own personal 
care and adopted him into his own division for 7 months. Under Way's 
guardianship, Lowy served as an interpreter for the U.S. Army. 
Following the end of the war, Captain Way helped Lowy with his trip to 
America, and he was instrumental in finding Lowy's relatives who 
already lived in the United States.
  After Lowy established himself in the United States, Way's 
benevolence did not cease, for Way remained one of Lowy's closest, 
personal friends.
  Indeed, Captain Way was a man of the highest character. Not only did 
he display valor as a distinguished soldier, but he went beyond his 
duty to help a victim who endured one of the most brutal and inhumane 
purges of mankind. Captain Way gave Lowy an opportunity that millions 
of the persecuted Jewry could only dream of obtaining.
  The founders of our great Nation were brave, virtuous, and 
benevolent; they put the welfare of other before their own. And it is 
men like Way who followed the footsteps of our glorious ancestors in 
preserving the legacy of this great Nation--liberty and justice. We 
should remember Captain Way for his service to our Nation and his 
contributions to humanity.

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