[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 63 (Monday, May 7, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E716-E717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF OSCAR T. KADLE

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 7, 2012

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask for the 
House's attention today to honor Mr. Oscar T. Kadle.
  Oscar T. Kadle was born April 2, 1921 in Four Mile, Alabama. He 
married Martha Brooks on February 22, 1958 and they have always lived 
in the Saks community. He was drafted into the Army in 1941 first 
stationed at Fort McPherson, Georgia and then Fort Bliss in El Paso, 
Texas, for boot camp. He left Fort Bliss and went to Hawaii on his way 
to the South Pacific where he served his country during World War II.
  Oscar took part in the invasion of Saipan in 1944. After Saipan he 
was sent to Iwo Jima. In 1945, he was on a ship headed for mainland 
Japan for an invasion there. The ship was stopped before arriving in 
Japan, and the soldiers were left sitting in the ocean for two days 
waiting for orders. The first Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima at 
this time. Oscar's ship was ordered back to Iwo Jima. The war ended not 
long after this and Oscar was headed home to be discharged from the 
Army at Fort Shelby, Mississippi.
  After returning home Oscar went to work for Seven Up Bottling Company 
for 25 years. He left Seven Up to go into the plumbing business and 
later went to work for Davis & Daniels Construction where he worked for 
15 years until his retirement.

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  Oscar was very active in the construction of Harvest Media Center in 
1995 and later in the construction of the Harvest Church of God 
Sanctuary. He was saved in 1985 while he was driving back home from a 
job in Tuscaloosa. Oscar started attending Harvest Church of God in 
1985.
  Mr. Speaker, I honor Mr. Kadle today and thank him for his 
outstanding service to our country.

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