[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANDREW W. BROWN, USAFR

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                           HON. W. TODD AKIN

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 10, 2008

  Mr. AKIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor one of our brave men 
and women in uniform. LTC Andrew W. Brown, United States Air Force 
Reserve, was inducted into the Parkway Alumni Association Hall of Fame 
in St. Louis on November 15, 2008. The Parkway School District is 
located in my district and Lieutenant Colonel Brown graduated from 
Parkway West High School in 1982.
  Among the many career highlights that recommended him for induction 
into the Parkway Hall of Fame is his service in Afghanistan. As a 
flight surgeon with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kandahar 
Airfield, Afghanistan, then Major Brown performed and assisted in over 
100 combat casualty surgeries and procedures from 22 April to 31 August 
2005. Under severe time constraints and throughout the day and night, 
his involvement saved the lives of numerous United States, Coalition, 
Afghan Army and Police forces. Lieutenant Colonel Brown was awarded the 
Meritorious Service Medal on 17 April 2006 for this outstanding 
achievement.
  I am honored to represent Lieutenant Colonel Brown's family in the 
United States Congress and to honor him today.

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