[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E992-E993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO MAJOR GENERAL ALBERT C. HARVEY, USMCR

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                        HON. HAROLD E. FORD, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 1997

  Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a great patriot and 
fearless soldier, Maj. Gen. Albert C. Harvey, USMCR. General Harvey, a 
Tennessean, retired from the Marine Corps on May 10, 1997, after a 40-
year career that spanned the height of the cold war in 1962 to the new 
national security challenges of the 1990's. By having his retirement 
ceremony at historic Chalmette National Battlefield, he honored an 
important historic connection to another great Tennessean, Gen. Andrew 
Jackson. At the Battle of New Orleans at

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Chalmette, General Jackson brought together a courageous group of 
fighting men from three different States as well as a detachment of 
U.S. Marines and U.S. Army dragoons. This forerunner of the Total Force 
resulted in victory for the United States at the Battle of New Orleans. 
Today, the Total Force concept is the cornerstone of the Marine Corps.
  General Harvey reached a pinnacle of his military career as commander 
of the 4th Marine Division--the ground combat arm of the Marine Corps. 
As commander of the 4th Marine Division, General Harvey lead over 
18,000 Marines in 38 States. In July 1995, General Harvey was the first 
General Officer in the Marine Corps Reserve to be nominated and 
selected for a position on a Joint Staff. He served as the Vice 
Director of Operations Directorate (J-3), U.S. Atlantic Command, 
Norfolk, VA. He was activated for Operation Joint Endeavor--Bosnia--in 
the summer and fall of 1996 and served as director of the European 
Theater Command Center, which included Operation Desert Strike--
Northern Iraq.
  Prior to this, General Harvey rose through the ranks of the Marine 
Corps, commanding units at every level of the military organization 
during both peacetime and war. He began active duty in 1961, served on 
the USS Ranger (CVA-61) in the western Pacific, including Vietnam. He 
rejoined his reserve unit, the 6th Engineer Company, after earning a 
law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He 
commanded the 3d Battalion, 23d Marines in New Orleans and served as 
Chief of Staff of the 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade. In 1988, after 
returning yet again to active duty, General Harvey assumed command of 
the 25th Marine Regiment, a significant assignment because it was the 
first time in approximately 20 years that a member of the Marine Corps 
Reserve Force was selected to command a regiment.
  In addition to his military service, General Harvey is a committed 
family man and participant in civic and community affairs. He has 
served in leadership positions with the Kiwanis Club, Phoenix Club, 
Goodwill Boys Club, the YMCA, and many other community organizations.
  General Harvey has distinguished himself as a civil and criminal 
litigator as a partner with the Memphis law firm Thomason, Hendrix, 
Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell. He is a member of the Board of Governors of 
the American Bar Association, the Memphis Bar Association, and the 
Tennessee Bar Association.
  General Harvey exemplifies the ideal of citizen-soldier. He has made 
great sacrifices and contributions by defending the Nation. And let us 
not forget the contribution and sacrifices made by General Harvey's 
family, his wife Nancy, and his two daughters Anne and Elizabeth. I ask 
my colleagues to join me in honoring my constituent and friend, a brave 
soldier and an accomplished attorney, Maj. Gen. Albert C. Harvey for 
his service to our great Nation.

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