[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 25, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E234-E235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING CAPTAIN CHARLES R. BURROWS FOR HEROIC ACHIEVEMENT

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                           HON. SEAN P. DUFFY

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 25, 2014

  Mr. DUFFY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present the Navy Commendation 
Medal to Captain Charles R. Burrows for heroic achievement while 
serving as an F Division Junior Officer, Secondary Battery Officer, 5th 
Division Officer, and Senior Officer of the Deck Underway from December 
1942 until September 1945.
  During his service, Captain Burrows participated in fourteen major 
operations against the enemy while stationed aboard the USS Tennessee 
in the South Pacific.
  As stated by Captain Burrow's commanding officer, John B. Heffernan, 
Captain Burrows, ``by his initiative, perseverance, outstanding 
ability, and the foresight with which he anticipated developments, he 
planned, trained, directed, and maintained a secondary battery 
organization which met the most exacting requirements of the operations 
in which the USS Tennessee participated.''
  Captain Burrows demonstrated immeasurable heroism during the Saipan 
and Okinawa campaigns when the USS Tennessee

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was under continuous heavy attack from opposition battleships as well 
as kamikaze air attacks.
  By his exceptional ability, personal initiative and unwavering 
dedication to duty, Captain Charles Burrows upheld the highest 
traditions of the United States Naval Service.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring Captain Burrows and thanking 
him for his courage and his service to our country.

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