[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H7871-H7872]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING LIEUTENANT JOHN JOSEPH WILEY

  (Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address

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the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember the 
late Lieutenant, Junior Grade, John Joseph Wiley and the 129 men 
tragically lost aboard the USS Thresher.
  This submarine departed its port on April 10, 1963, for a test dive. 
Unfortunately, it never returned.
  John Joseph Wiley of Altoona, Pennsylvania, was among the lost. After 
graduating from the United States Naval Academy, he was selected for 
the Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit. The USS Thresher was the first 
and the last submarine to which he would report.
  This week, a new memorial honoring those lost aboard the USS Thresher 
will be dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery. More than half a 
century after the tragic disaster, our Nation has not forgotten the 
sacrifice of Lieutenant John Joseph Wiley and those Americans who died 
with him.

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