[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 26, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF LUCIANO JAVIER MALIGAD SR.

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                          HON. TOM McCLINTOCK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 26, 2013

  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life and service of 
Luciano Javier Maligad Sr., who passed away on June 21, 2013 at the age 
of 84 in Elk Grove, California. Luciano grew up in the Philippines and 
immigrated to the United States, spending years in military service to 
this country.
   As a young teen Luciano witnessed the Japanese invasion of the 
Philippines and helped American forces by reporting Japanese troop and 
munitions movements. He later took a job as a civilian contractor for 
the U.S. Army in Guam and served as a volunteer for three years in the 
Korean War.
   Luciano became a naturalized American citizen in 1955 and joined the 
U.S. Air Force, deploying to Vietnam. In Vietnam he served as an 
aircraft and auto mechanic and also helped start a library for active-
duty soldiers. Luciano was also deployed to the Netherlands, Hawaii and 
California, and retired as a Tech Sergeant after 21 years of service.
   Luciano was predeceased by his daughter Andrea and is survived by 
his wife Mary, five children and numerous grandchildren.
   He was a man proud of serving his country, thankful for the 
opportunity to live in freedom and bequeath it to his posterity, and 
blessed with a loving family.
   Mr. Speaker, Luciano's life embodies the true meaning of the 
American Dream. It is with a grateful heart that I rise today to honor 
his memory.

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