[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 195 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNIZING WILLIAM EDWARD MORGAN

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                          HON. BETH VAN DUYNE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 15, 2022

  Ms. VAN DUYNE. Madam Speaker, on behalf of a grateful nation and the 
citizens of the Twenty-Fourth District of Texas, the 2022 Congressional 
Veteran Commendation is hereby presented to William Edward Morgan, 
Hospital Corpsman First Class, United States Navy, of Coppell, Texas 
for the honorable service he performed while in the Armed Forces of the 
United States of America and for his continued service to his 
community.
  Dr. Morgan enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1975 and served in the 
Hospital Corps. He was assigned as a special operations/combat swimmer 
capable Corpsman with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division 
and then deployed on ship in the Asia Pacific. During his time in the 
Navy he rendered aid to a boat of Vietnamese refugees who had been 
attacked by pirates, was in elite Navy diving units, and part of the 
detail to raise President Franklin Roosevelt's presidential yacht from 
the San Francisco Bay.
  The selflessness Dr. Morgan demonstrated in the U.S. Navy continues 
with his service to his community. He served as a doctor for 18 years 
at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland and 
later in the White House Medical Unit and on the U.S. Naval Academy's 
Sports Medicine Team. He currently sits on the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special Disabilities and 
as the president of Parker University here in Dallas. He has been 
instrumental in helping rebuild Parker University after it suffered 
incredible damage from a tornado in 2019. He has also expanded student 
veterans services at the university, as well as provided considerable 
support for the school's Yellow Ribbon program.
  Dr. Morgan's service is consistent with the finest traditions of the 
United States Navy and reflects great credit upon himself, the State of 
Texas, and the United States of America.

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