[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE LEGACY OF GRANVILLE CRANE

  (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALAZZO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of the 
late Granville Crane, surviving crew member of the USS Indianapolis and 
recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal.
  Mr. Crane was born in 1925 and turned 95 years old this year. He 
joined the ship's crew at the age of 16, one of the youngest crew 
members to join at the height of World War II.
  In 1945 he participated in a top-secret trip to deliver parts for the 
first nuclear weapon ever used in combat and was aboard the same ship 
when it was torpedoed and sunk that year.
  Hundreds of men went down with their ship, and many more faced 
dehydration, shark attacks, and exposure before there was any hope of 
rescue. Of 1,195 men aboard, Mr. Crane was one of only 316 who 
survived. As Mr. Crane waited to be rescued, he clung to his faith.
  Mr. Crane will be remembered as a family man, a hero, a survivor, a 
patriot, and a great man of God.
  On behalf of the Fourth Congressional District and our great Nation, 
we are forever in Mr. Crane's debt. Our prayers are with Mr. Crane's 
family at this time. May he rest in peace.

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