[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2892]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING CAPTAIN ALLEN C. BRADY

  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I rise to honor the life of U.S. 
Navy CAPT Allen Brady who passed away on April 24, 2025, at the age of 
95. We remember Captain Brady for his bravery and his sacrifice to our 
Nation through his 30 years of Active Duty. Captain Brady entered the 
U.S. Naval Academy in June 1947 and was commissioned as an ensign in 
the U.S. Navy on June 1, 1951, first assigned as a signal officer 
aboard the aircraft carrier USS Palau (CVE-122) from July 1951 to May 
1952, followed by flight school. Captain Brady proudly served our 
Nation in several assignments during the Cold War, Korean war, and 
Vietnam war. During the Vietnam war, Captain Brady served as an A-6A 
pilot and executive officer of VA-85 at NAS Oceana and deployed aboard 
the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) from September 1966 until 
he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a prisoner 
of war on January 19, 1967. He remained a prisoner of war for 2,237 
days from January 19, 1967, to March 4, 1973, when he was released 
during Operation Homecoming. Captain Brady received a Silver Star for 
his time as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, where he was subjected 
him to extreme mental and physical cruelties in an attempt to obtain 
military information and false confessions, yet Captain Brady resisted. 
He showed incredible bravery and determination in that brought honor to 
his naval service, the U.S. Armed Forces, and the United States of 
America.
  Captain Brady continued to serve his country until his retirement 
from the Navy on October 1, 1979. On behalf of all Floridians, our 
entire country, and my fellow Navy sailors, it is an honor to remember 
the life of CAPT Allen C. Brady, a true American hero.

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