[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10951]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING EDWARD CARL DEUTSCHMAN

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. JIMMY PANETTA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 14, 2017

  Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Edward Carl 
Deutschman for his outstanding service to our nation. A longtime 
resident of the central coast of California and a fellow sailor, he 
passed away this June at the age of 93.
  Not long after graduating high school in 1941, Mr. Deutschman 
enlisted in the Navy and attended the Del Monte Pre-Flight School in 
Monterey. Today, this site is the center of the renewed Naval Post 
Graduate School, one of many prominent military institutions in my 
district.
  During WWII, Mr. Deutschman was soon assigned to the USS Intrepid and 
flew over the Pacific Ocean on many combat missions. He flew a Corsair 
as a member of the Grim Reaper VF-10 Squadron in April of 1945, 
providing vital air cover for Marines. Mr. Deutschman was also a lead 
pilot during the amphibious assault of Okinawa--the final and largest 
of the Pacific island battles during World War II. Later he 
participated in an air raid over Tokyo. The anti-aircraft fire was so 
intense that, as he later put it, ``you could almost get out of the 
plane and walk on the stuff coming up.'' Years after, he maintained 
close ties to the pilots who fought beside him, reuniting with them 
each year to reminisce in old stories and enduring friendships.
  Mr. Deutschman returned to the mainland and swapped his cockpit for 
the classroom. Armed with an undergraduate degree in business from 
California State University-Fresno and a graduate degree in education 
from the University of Southern California, he discovered his passion 
for teaching. Over more than thirty years as an elementary school 
teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent, Mr. Deutschman made a 
positive impact on the lives of thousands of students.
  In his retirement, he returned to California's Central Coast and 
continued his goodwill on behalf of organizations like the Grey Bears, 
Boy Scouts of America, Rotary International, and as a board member of 
Good Shepherd Housing. Edward Deutschman represented the best of his 
time, not only as a solider and educator, but as a dedicated family man 
to his late wife Katherine Bell Thomas, children Kathleen Deutschman 
Scott, Robert Edward Deutschman, granddaughter Tigest Scott Macauley, 
and great-grandsons Ibrahim Macauley and Abdul Rahman Macauley. On 
behalf of California's 20th District, it is my honor to recognize this 
American hero, Edward Carl Deutschman.