[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 187 (Wednesday, November 15, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1570]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING MAJOR LESLIE R. HADLEY

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                       HON. BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 15, 2017

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life of Major 
Leslie R. Hadley USAF Ret for his service to our nation. Major Hadley 
joined the United States Air Force and began pilot training at the age 
of 18. He piloted the B-24 Liberator, flying more than 30 missions in 
Europe and Korea, including historic D-Day missions over coastal 
France--June 4-7 1944.
  Major Hadley was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism 
and earned four Air Medals and other commendations in the service of 
our nation.
  A native of Ballardvalle, Massachusetts, Major Hadley was graduated 
from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts and completed his study 
of statistics while in the service at the Harvard School of Business.
  As a career officer, he lived in many places around the globe and 
retired while at McGuire AFB in New Jersey. He settled in Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania with his wife, Muriel Hart Hadley, and their children.
  He was an active volunteer in his retirement years and composed many 
memoirs of the B-24 Liberator pilots and crews for their families.
  He will be laid to rest with full military honors on November 16, 
2017 in Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania. In his life, Major Leslie R. Hadley demonstrated 
courageous, selfless service to the United States of America and 
devotion to family and friends. He has the gratitude of his beloved 
nation.

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