[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF MR. JAMES CHARLIE LANE

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                         HON. DIANA HARSHBARGER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 28, 2021

  Mrs. HARSHBARGER. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the life and 
service of Mr. James Charlie Lane of White Pine, Tennessee. J.C. was 
born on April 30, 1920 and celebrated his 101st birthday on April 30, 
2021.
  He was a Veteran of WWII and served in the Navy from March 1941 to 
August 1946. From 1940 to March 1941, he was an employee of the 
Civilian Conservation Corps in both Unicoi and the Sugarlands in his 
birth county, Sevier County.
  He volunteered and joined the Navy in March 1941 and was assigned to 
the USS Albemarle, where he would qualify as an electrician and would 
eventually be promoted to electrician first class. Volunteering for a 
new ship that was commissioned, he became a ``plank owner'' on the Wasp 
by being one of the original crewmen. By 1944, the Wasp's battles would 
include the islands of Marcus, Wake, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Iwo Jima, 
Okinawa, Leyte Gulf and the Japanese homeland. He arrived in Hawaii and 
then went to the Marshall Islands in May and saw his first action in 
the Marshall Islands as part of Admiral Halsey's fast carrier fleet at 
the Marianas. During his time in the Navy, he saw action in the 
European Theater, to the African Coast, to the Pacific Theater in the 
Philippines and the five-week long battle for Iwo Jima. His military 
service went on until almost a year after Armistice Day when Japan 
formally surrendered as his ship brought soldiers back from Italy and 
England. He retired as a Chief Petty Officer.
  Upon returning to Tennessee, he settled in Sevier County for a short 
period, then upon getting a job at American Enka, he moved to White 
Pine in 1951. He retired from American Enka after thirty-six years.
  J.C.'s legacy of love includes his marriage to his wife, Ruth, of 
forty-nine years until she passed in July 1992, and his children who 
are so proud of his service, Rita Lane Potter, and Betty Jo Lane Moore. 
He has three grandchildren and four great grandsons.
  Madam Speaker, James Charles Lane faithfully served his country under 
the most difficult situations possible and as a WWII Veteran and member 
of the United States Navy, and I proudly honor his legacy and service 
to the United States of America.

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