Mr. Speaker. I rise today with a heavy heart to speak about the passing of one of western Massachusetts heroes. World War II veteran and survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack. Edward F. Borucki. Edward was born in Holyoke. Massachusetts to Polish immigrants and worked as a machinist apprentice until he decided to enlist in the Navy in 1940. After going through training in Newport. Rhode Island. he was shipped to the Pacific and assigned to the light cruiser. the USS Helena. He moved through the ranks to Yeoman Third Class aboard the vessel and worked in the forward engine room.
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