[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 176 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H7287-H7288]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CAPTAIN WILLIAM M. PETERSON

  (Mr. NEWHOUSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Captain William M. 
Peterson of Richland, Washington, who was recently inducted into the 
Wall of Gallantry in the Hall of Heroes at the United States Coast 
Guard Academy.
  While serving as an aircraft commander with the Coast Guard in July 
of 1982, then-Lieutenant Peterson engaged in a perilous rescue of nine 
survivors from an HC-130 that had crashed in bad weather on Attu 
Island, off the coast of Alaska. Flying in extremely hazardous 
conditions, with winds gusting up to 40 knots, and with visibility as 
low as 50 feet, Lieutenant Peterson inched his helicopter along the 
side of a mountain and transported nine survivors back to safety over 
multiple trips from the crash site.

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  Captain Peterson demonstrated the highest forms of courage, judgment, 
and unwavering devotion to duty that day. I congratulate him on this 
much-deserved honor. I also offer my humble appreciation to Captain 
Peterson for serving on my Academy Nomination Board.
  Your heroic service is an inspiration to these future military 
leaders.

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