[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 145 (Thursday, September 27, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2006]
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  COMMENDING HERNDON INGE, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, FOR HIS SERVICE DURING 
                              WORLD WAR II

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 27, 2007

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise today to 
recognize Judge Herndon Inge of Mobile, Alabama, for his courageous 
service during World War II. His heroic story, along with other 
Mobilians, is told in the Ken Burns' documentary series ``The War.''
  Judge Inge attended the University of Alabama and then the Army's 
officer candidate school. He was commissioned January 7, 1944, and 
became a 2nd lieutenant in company D, 301st Regiment, 94th Infantry 
Division, in a heavy weapons unit.
  Arriving in France in September of 1944, he and his division 
contained 60,000 German troops along the French coast at St. Lazaire 
and Lorient. Following the sinking of the USS Leopoldville when 
hundreds of American soldiers were killed, Lt. Inge was sent into the 
Battle of the Bulge. He was captured by German troops on January 21, 
1945.
  He was held at numerous POW camps, and he finally ended up in Oflag 
XIIIB near Hammelburg. He was liberated April 21, 1945. After the war, 
1st Lt. Inge returned to Mobile. He attended law school and began his 
law practice in 1948. He was appointed Juvenile Court Judge and then 
appointed Circuit Judge of the Domestic Relations Division by then 
Alabama Governor Jim Folsom. At the time, he was the only judge in 
Mobile County to serve in both capacities at the same time.
  Madam Speaker, the recognition of Judge Herndon Inge in ``The War'' 
documentary is an appropriate time for us to pause and thank him--and 
all of the soldiers who fought in World War II. They personify the very 
best America has to offer. I urge my colleagues to take a moment to pay 
tribute to Judge Inge and his selfless devotion to our country and the 
freedom we enjoy.

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