[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 128 (Friday, July 28, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1086]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF MAJ. CHARLES APPLEBERRY

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                            HON. JASON SMITH

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 28, 2017

  Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
military service of Major Charles Appleberry of Flat River, Missouri. 
Major Appleberry was a medical doctor who enlisted in the Army on May 
26, 1942 and served until his discharge on January 29, 1946.
  As a member of the Army Medical Corps, he served in the South Pacific 
during World War II. He saved many lives, but one particular surgery is 
recounted in the Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune on November 1, 1944. 
It tells of how Dr. Appleberry removed a live Japanese 20 millimeter 
shell from the chest of Private Jackie Miles on the island of Leyte in 
The Philippines. The newspaper account explains how the doughboy clung 
to life, ``unaware that the group of tense medics were risking their 
lives to save him.'' The article states how Major Appleberry firmly 
grasped the shell, removed it and safely lifted it to a tray for 
careful disposal.
  After the war, Dr. Appleberry returned to St. Francois County to 
resume his medical career at the Farmington State Hospital and Bonne 
Terre Hospital until his death in 1984.
  Those who knew the doctor join with VFW Post No. 5741 in Leadington 
today to honor him for his 55-year career as a physician both at home 
and at war. I join them in recognizing Dr. Appleberry today before the 
United States House of Representatives.

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