{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2012-12-31-pt1-PgE2015-6", "2012-12-31", 112, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL JAMES LLOYD ABBOT, JR.", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2015", "E2016", "[{\"name\": \"Jo Bonner\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "158 Cong. Rec. E2015", "Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2015-E2016]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n         TRIBUTE TO RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL JAMES LLOYD ABBOT, JR.\n\n                                 ______\n\n                             HON. JO BONNER\n\n                               of alabama\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Monday, December 31, 2012\n\n  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the devoted service\nand the remarkable life of an American patriot and a great Alabamian,\nretired Rear Admiral James Lloyd Abbot, Jr., who passed away on August\n10, 2012, at the age of 94.\n  A distinguished World War II veteran, a much-decorated Naval officer\nand leader in American exploration of Antarctica, James Lloyd Abbot,\nJr., was born in Mobile on June 26, 1918. He attended Murphy High\nSchool, Spring Hill College and the U.S. Naval Academy. He graduated\nand was commissioned Ensign on June 1, 1939.\n  In 1939, he first reported for duty aboard the aircraft carrier USS\nEnterprise (CV-6), later transferring to the destroyer USS Gilmer (DD-\n233). In 1943, he assumed command of Scouting Squadron 66 and was\nawarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in action against\nenemy Japanese forces in the vicinity of the Gilbert and Marshall\nIslands from November 1943 through January 1944.\n  In May 1961, he became Commanding Officer of the USS Intrepid (CVA-\n11), which, under his command, won the Air Force, Atlantic Fleet Battle\nEfficiency Pennant for the fiscal year 1962. Under his command, the USS\nIntrepid was the recovery ship for Astronaut Scott Carpenter after his\n3-orbit flight in May 1962.\n  In February 1967, shortly before advancing in rank to Rear Admiral,\nhe assumed command of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica; charged\nwith the responsibility of insuring the success and safety of all\nUnited\n\n[[Page E2016]]\n\nStates operations on that continent. Under his command the first\noceanographic study was conducted far into the ice-covered Weddell Sea.\nFurthermore, Palmer Station, which was successfully completed and\nopened by Rear Admiral Abbot on schedule in 1968, was the first\npermanent United States presence in the Antarctica Peninsula. The Abbot\nIce Shelf in Antarctica was named in his honor.\n  His exemplary service, spanning nearly four decades, garnered him\nmany medals commendations. In addition to the Legion of Merit with Gold\nStar, the Air Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal, Rear Admiral Abbot\nwas awarded the American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign\nMedal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Navy\nOccupation Service Medal, Europe Clasp; the National Defense Service\nMedal with bronze star; and the Antarctica Service Medal.\n  After his retirement from the Navy in 1974, he returned to an active\nlife in Mobile where he was a member of the USS Alabama Battleship\nCommission and Foundation and served on the Mobile Area Chamber of\nCommerce. In 2011, Rear Admiral Abbot was named Patriot of the Year by\nthe Mobile Bay Area Veterans Day Commission. He was also the first\ninductee into the Murphy High School Hall of Fame.\n  On behalf of the people of Alabama, I wish to extend condolences to\nhis sons, Retired U.S. Navy Captain J. Lloyd Abbot III, and retired\nU.S. Navy Admiral Steve Abbot, his five grandchildren, extended family\nand many friends. We will be forever indebted to his exemplary devotion\nto and service of our nation.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2012-12-31-pt1-PgE2015-6"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 18.99466197937727, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}