[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 65 (Monday, April 15, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN MEMORY OF FR. IGNATIUS MATERNOWSKI, CHAPLAIN, 508TH PARACHUTE 
                 INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE

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                           HON. DANIEL MEUSER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 15, 2019

  Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and remember the 
sacrifice of Fr. Ignatius Maternowski, a Franciscan Friar Conventual 
and Chaplain to the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd 
Airborne during the Second World War. Fr. Ignatius is the only chaplain 
killed in action during the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France.
  Fr. Ignatius and his regiment parachuted into Normandy at 1:30 a.m. 
on D-Day, June 6, 1944. In the ensuing days, he and the regiment moved 
through Normandy and he ministered to the wounded and dead in heavy 
hedgerow during the fighting. Fr. Ignatius was compassionate and 
steadfast in his ministry, successfully negotiating with German 
soldiers to establish a joint aid station for both German and American 
soldiers. On June 13th, one week after landing in France, he was killed 
by a German sniper while trying to find a doctor to treat a wounded 
comrade.
  Fr. Ignatius' story expresses the courage of the brave individuals 
who served, and who continue to serve, our country as military 
chaplains. These individuals share in the sacrifice of our men and 
women in the Armed Forces and on behalf of the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the constituents of Pennsylvania's Ninth 
Congressional District, I am proud to honor the heroism of one such as 
Fr. Ignatius Maternowski.

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