On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember the late Lieutenant, Junior Grade, John Joseph Wiley and the 129 men tragically lost aboard the USS Thresher. This submarine departed its port on April 10, 1963, for a test dive. Unfortunately, it never returned. John Joseph Wiley of Altoona, Pennsylvania, was among the lost. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, he was selected for the Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit. The USS Thresher was the first and the last submarine to which he would report. This week, a new memorial honoring those lost aboard the USS Thresher will be dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery. More than half a century after the tragic disaster, our Nation has not forgotten the sacrifice of Lieutenant John Joseph Wiley and those Americans who died with him. ____________________
