[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19070]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN MEMORY OF AIR NATIONAL GUARDSMAN FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES O. CONWAY

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                        HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 22, 2004

  Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember the brave actions 
of a hero. First Lieutenant (1/LT) James O. Conway will be memorialized 
this weekend in East Boston, Massachusetts where he gave his own life 
half a century ago to save the lives of many neighborhood residents. On 
October 2, 1954, 1/LT Conway, a member of the Air National Guard, 101st 
Fighter Interceptor Squadron, flew his jet into an embankment after it 
had lost power upon take-off at Logan Airport. This undaunted act of 
courage was done in an effort to save the neighborhood of East Boston 
from the trauma, damage and potential loss of life that more than 
likely would have resulted from the crash landing of a military jet in 
a densely populated residential area.
  The residents of East Boston have long recognized 1/LT Conway as a 
hero. This Saturday, the East Boston community will formally 
memorialize this act of heroism in a dedication ceremony. This ceremony 
comes at a time when thousands of men and women in the National Guard 
are serving our country in its latest time of need. These modern-day 
heroes carry on a tradition of selflessness that was exemplified by 1/
LT Conway a generation ago.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in expressing our solemn 
gratitude to 1/LT James O. Conway, his family and all of the men and 
women who have made the supreme sacrifice protecting our Nation at home 
and abroad.

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