[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 142 (Friday, September 6, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE AND JACK C. TAYLOR

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                            HON. JOHN JOYCE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 6, 2019

  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, in 1873 a group of Navy and 
Marine Corps officers founded The United States Naval Institute on the 
grounds of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. 
Since that time, the Institute has played a vital role in transforming 
the Sea Services from vocations to tried and true professions. The 
Naval Institute's mission is to provide an open, independent, and 
nonpartisan forum for those who read, think, speak, and write to 
advance the knowledge and understanding of sea power and other issues 
critical to global security. Constantly growing and improving, the 
United States Naval Institute will reach a milestone in its esteemed 
history by breaking ground for the Jack C. Taylor Conference Center, 
which will adjoin the Naval Institute's headquarters.
  Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Jack C. 
Taylor joined the United States Navy. During his years of military 
service (1942 to 1947), Taylor became an F6F Hellcat fighter pilot and 
saw combat duty in the Pacific Theater from the decks of the aircraft 
carriers USS Essex (CV-9) and USS Enterprise (CV-6). He was a member of 
Carrier Air Group 15, led by the top Navy ace of all time, Commander 
David McCampbell. Group 15, which sustained more than 50 percent 
casualties during its World War II service, was one of the most 
decorated combat units in the history of U.S. naval aviation. Taylor, 
who served as McCampbell's wingman on several combat missions, was 
twice decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, and also received 
the Navy Air Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation.
  Mr. Taylor served his country with distinction in World War II, 
returned home, raised a talented family and built a world-class 
organization, `Enterprise Rent-A-Car,' named after the famous aircraft 
carrier on which he flew. The late Mr. Jack C. Taylor and his family 
reinvested resources for the good of the community and his family 
continues to remain committed to the United States Navy, Navy values 
and Naval causes that include the Naval War College, Naval Historical 
Foundation, U.S. Naval Aviation Museum, Friends of the National World 
War II Memorial and Navy SEAL Foundation to name a few. The Taylor 
Family now honors their patriarch's service to the Nation as a naval 
aviator, an exemplary citizen, and a civic leader with the naming of 
the Conference Center.
  In heartfelt appreciation of its many contributions to the men and 
women of the United States Sea Services, it is my honor and privilege 
before the 116th Congress to recognize the United States Naval 
Institute on the occasion of its groundbreaking for the Jack C. Taylor 
Conference Center, 18 September 2019.

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