[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        INTRODUCING GUEST CHAPLAIN, REVEREND HENRY E. EISENHART

  (Mr. GREENWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GREENWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to welcome and to introduce our 
guest chaplain for today, Reverend Henry Eisenhart. He is the National 
Chaplain of the American Legion, and I want to thank him for his 
thoughtful words this morning.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to tell my colleagues a little bit about 
Reverend Eisenhart. He is a lifelong resident of Pennsylvania. He 
graduated from Muhlenberg College with a bachelor of philosophy degree 
in 1942, and he was inducted into the United States Army Corps, where 
he served with honor and with distinction. He was part of the landing 
at Oran, North Africa on January 27, 1943. He was attached to the 51st 
Troop Carrier Squadron and the 62nd Troop Carrier Group. He served 
valiantly in some of the most desperate and critical battles, 
campaigns, and air offenses of the war in Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-
Foggia, Po Valley, the Northern Apennines, the Balkans, Rome-Arno, and 
southern France.
  Following his discharge in 1945, Reverend Eisenhart entered the 
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Mount Airy, Pennsylvania, where he 
received a bachelor of divinity degree in May 1948 and he was ordained 
into the Gospel of Ministry of the United Lutheran Church of America. 
He continued his graduate studies to earn a master of sacred theology 
degree in May 1952.
  Four congregations have had the privilege of being ministered by 
Reverend Eisenhart prior to his retirement in 1982.
  In retirement, Reverend Eisenhart's desire to serve has not 
diminished. He is a 36-year member of the Wallace Willard Keller 
American Legion Post 232 and he has been Post Chaplain since 1963. 
Additionally, he has served as Pennsylvania State Chaplain of the 
American Legion from 1989 to 1997. He was named chairman of the 
Patriotic Religious Memorial Service for the 75th National Convention 
of the American Legion held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1993. And 
most recently, he was appointed National Chaplain of the American 
Legion for the Legion year 1997-1998.
  I am not surprised, Mr. Speaker, that he received the ``Good Thing 
You Do Award'' for outstanding and dedicated services rendered to the 
Pennsylvania American Legion.
  It is fitting this morning that we honor Reverend Eisenhart for his 
lifelong devotion to serving his country, his community, and for his 
untiring service to the Word of the Lord.
  It is, thus, with great pleasure that I welcome the Reverend Henry 
Eisenhart to the House today and offer him heartfelt thanks on our 
behalf for leading us in prayer this morning as our guest chaplain.




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