[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 1136-1137]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRATULATING CAPTAIN BOSWORTH ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE NAVY 
                                RESERVES

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                          HON. ANDER CRENSHAW

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 2, 2016

  Mr. CRENSHAW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the 
incredible service of Capt. William P. Bosworth, MC USNR (RET). Captain 
Bosworth served on active duty from Sept. 1953 until Jan. 1958. After 
attending medical school at the University of Health Sciences in Kansas 
City, Missouri, he joined the Navy Medical Corps and again served his 
country with distinction from June 1972 until March 1999.
  As an Osteopathic Physician, Dr. Bosworth provided operational 
medicine and primary care to hundreds of patients at his various duty 
stations. He retired in 1999 as a Captain but continued to serve the 
Navy Reserves three to four days per month here at NAS Jacksonville 
until today. In fact, Bill Bosworth volunteered as a Reserve Medical 
Officer for 456 consecutive months from 1976 until 2013 and logged 
approximately 792 drill weekends at our military bases. He is the 
epitome of the dedicated officer.
  It is his voluntary reserve service that I would like to applaud. Dr. 
Bosworth applied for permission to participate with the Navy Reserves 
in a retired status with no points accrued for retirement, with no 
payment authorized, and with no travel authorized. He served because 
Bill loved the men and women in the Navy and wanted to assist them in 
any way he could. Year after year, he performed physicals and primary 
care for all the sailors in our local Naval Reserves.
  Of course, that kept him busy on weekends, but he also remained an 
active physician on the staffs of two local hospitals. He was licensed 
in three states: Florida, Georgia and Tennessee so he could better 
serve his sailors. He is a Lifetime Member of the Duval County Medical 
Society and the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is Past 
President of the Duval County Academy of Family Physicians and Former 
Chairman of the Duval County Hospital Authority.
  One Commanding Officer wrote that Captain Bosworth ``demonstrated 
unparalleled leadership and skills in the superior performance of

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his duties.'' I couldn't agree more. But there is another side of Bill 
Bosworth that many may not know. Bill and I share a love for the game 
of basketball. Yes, Dr. Bill Bosworth is an active participant and 
officer in the National Men's Masters Basketball Championships. Every 
year, he teams up with such basketball greats as Artis Gilmore and Sam 
Jones and brings the game to Jacksonville. Just two weeks ago, the 
games were played at the Jacksonville Sportsplex. This endeavor has 
developed into national events and has been included in the World 
Masters Games and the World Senior Games. Bill and his wife Wanda both 
serve on the Florida Division of the National Basketball Tournament 
Committee.
  There is a saying in the United States Navy when a person retires 
that ``this sailor stood the watch'' and today, Mr. Speaker, I ask you 
and Members of the House to join me in saluting my longtime friend, Dr. 
William P. Bosworth, MC USNR, for a job well done. He has faithfully 
stood the watch all these years and now his watch stands relieved.

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