[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 87 (Thursday, June 21, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1184]
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        HONORING THE MEMORY OF MAJOR GENERAL DANIEL F. CALLAHAN

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                           HON. VAN HILLEARY

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 21, 2001

  Mr. HILLEARY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Major 
General Daniel F. Callahan for his honorable and faithful service to 
our country.
  General Callahan, who passed away June 10, 2001, was born in Zenda, 
Kansas, on June 8, 1910. Following his graduation from the U.S. 
Military Academy in 1931, he served the next thirty-two years in the 
U.S. Air Force. His military career was devoted to flying and working 
in maintenance, engineering and supply. During World War II, he was 
assigned to the China-Burma-India theatre, where he saw action flying 
the ``Hump''. Following the war, he attended the Air War College, 
served in NATO as head of the US Defense Production Staff in London, 
and was Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group, United Kingdom.
  In June 1957, he was assigned as Commander, Mobile Air Material Area 
and followed this assignment with a two-year tour at the Pentagon where 
he was Director of Logistics for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Cuban 
Missile Crisis highlighted this tour, where General Callahan oversaw 
the massive movement and positioning of personnel and equipment to deal 
with this crisis.
  Following his retirement in 1963, General Callahan spent five years 
with Chrysler Corporation in their Defense-Space Group, and in 1968, he 
joined NASA at the Kennedy Space Center as the Director of 
Administration. He was there for five years, which included the Lunar 
landing program and man's first steps on the moon.
  After retiring from NASA, Gen. Callahan devoted most of his time to 
the Air Force Association, serving as Chapter President in both Florida 
and Tennessee and state President in Florida. He was a permanent Member 
of the National Board of Directors and in 1979, he was elected as 
National Chairman of the Board. Gen. Callahan was chosen as the Air 
Force Association's Man of the Year in 1981.
  General Callahan received a master's in Engineering from the 
University of Michigan and an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the 
University of Alabama. A Command Pilot with 10,200 hours flying time, 
General Callahan was awarded many military and civilian awards, 
including the Distinguished Service Medal and legion of merit with two 
Bronze Oak Leak Clusters.
  Mr. Speaker, General Callahan was a great success in each duty he 
held, and his country is the better for it. You know, there's a song 
that virtually every graduate of General Callahan's alma mater, West 
Point, knows the worlds to and tries to live up to. Its last verse 
includes the solemn words,

     ``And when our work is done, Our course on earth is run, May 
     it be said `Well Done,' Be thou at peace.''

  Mr. Speaker, General Callahan certainly lived up to those words. I 
think I speak for all of General Callahan's countrymen when I say, 
``Well done, sir. Be thou at peace.''

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