[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 98 (Thursday, July 18, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1293]
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                   IN MEMORY OF ADM ROBERT L.J. LONG

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 18, 2002

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of ADM Robert L.J. Long of Annapolis, MD.
  ADM Long was born in Kansas City, MO, on May 29, 1920, son of Trigg 
Allen and Margaret (Franklin) Long. He attended Paseo High School, 
Kansas City Junior College, and Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
  ADM Long was a 1943 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. 
He served his country in the Pacific during World War II on the 
battleship Colorado. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat 
``V'', for meritorious service as Plotting Room Officer during 
operations against enemy Japanese forces in the Philippine Islands and 
the Ryukyu Islands.
  ADM Long went on to serve the U.S. Navy in many other capacities 
including commander of the Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force and Vice 
Chief of Naval Operations in 1972, and commander in chief of all U.S. 
military forces in the Pacific from 1979 until his retirement in 1983.
  After his retirement, ADM Long became a board member of Northrop 
Grumman Corporation and Hudson Industries. He was also principal 
executive of President Ronald Reagan's fact-finding committee that 
investigated the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut.
  Mr. Speaker, ADM Long was a valuable leader in the U.S. Navy. He was 
a role model for younger people interested in military service. I know 
the Members of the House will join me in extending heartfelt 
condolences to his family: his wife, Sara, and his three sons, Charles 
Allen, William Trigg, and Robert Helms Long.

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