[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 26, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E191-E192]
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     A TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICAN HERO--REAR ADMIRAL HERSCHEL GOLDBERG

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                            HON. TOM LANTOS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 26, 2002

  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today 
and pay tribute to a dear friend and true American patriot, Rear 
Admiral Herschel Goldberg, who recently passed away at his San Mateo 
home.
  Rear Admiral Goldberg was born in Highland, Kansas and raised in St. 
Joseph, Missouri before graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1935. 
After a year at the Navy Finance and Supply School, Rear Admiral 
Goldberg was transferred to the U.S. Navy supply corps. During World 
War II he was stationed in the South Pacific. He served as the Supply 
Officer of the Navy bases at Bora Bora and Guadalcanal before being 
promoted to Commanding Officer of the Naval Supply Depot in Noumea, New 
Caledonia. Mr. Speaker, it was at Noumea, where Rear Admiral Goldberg 
did what he described as the, ``most soul satisfying thing I've done in 
my entire career.'' By racially integrating his 2,000 enlisted men work 
force, Rear Admiral Goldberg advanced the cause of racial equality.
  After the war, Rear Admiral Goldberg received his MBA from Harvard 
Business School and then served as Logistics Planning Officer on 
General Eisenhower's NATO staff. After being promoted to Rear Admiral, 
U.S. Navy Supply Corps, he was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to 
Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts and Paymaster General of 
the Navy. In 1966 he became the first commander to be officially named 
Chief of Supply Corps, were he played a dominate role in the continued 
development of a strong, centrally coordinated and fully integrated 
supply system that was essential for the maintenance and preservation 
of the United States as a global naval power. For his extraordinary 
service to the Navy Rear Admiral Goldberg was awarded both the 
Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit.

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  I had the pleasure on having Rear Admiral Goldberg serve on my 
Service Academy Nominations board since I was elected to Congress in 
1980. I urge all my colleagues to join me in wishing Rear Admiral 
Goldberg the traditional naval parting for a fallen naval officer, 
farewell and following seas.

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