[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 15 (Monday, January 22, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E85-E86]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                LIEUTENANT COLONEL HUFF'S 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                         HON. STEVEN M. PALAZZO

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 22, 2018

  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
recognize Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pope Huff for his service to the 
Unites States and to Mississippi. Lieutenant Colonel Huff will 
celebrate his 100th birthday on January 25, 2018.
  Lieutenant Colonel Huff graduated from Forest County Agricultural 
High School and is a fellow graduate of the University of Southern 
Mississippi. Huff joined the Marines in 1941, and honorably served our 
country in that capacity until 1964. He served as a pilot in World War 
II, the Korean War, and the early stages of the Vietnam War. During his 
time serving as a Marine, Lieutenant Colonel Huff also had the 
privilege of being the personal pilot of two Commandants of the Marine 
Corps, and during his final tour, was the military liaison to the 
Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D.C. His exceptional 
record of leadership is unmatched amongst his peers.
  Upon his retirement in 1964, Lieutenant Colonel Huff returned to 
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, with his wife and son, but his service to his 
country and his state was not finished. From the late-1960s to the mid-
1970s, Huff

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ran a program called S.T.A.R, Strategic Training and Relocation, for 
the United States Department of Labor. This program matched unemployed 
workers in Mississippi with employers in different parts of the state. 
Through his work with this program, Lieutenant Colonel Huff helped to 
greatly reduce the unemployment rate in Mississippi during that time.
  Lieutenant Colonel Huff's life shows us what true commitment and 
leadership for our country and our state should be. The impact of 
Huff's diligent work for the state of Mississippi and the United States 
is incalculable. His actions should inspire the rest of us to follow 
his model of exemplary service.
  I would like to thank Lieutenant Colonel Huff for his honorable 
service to our country and our state, and I would also like to wish him 
a very happy 100th birthday. Semper Fi.

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